In “The Secret Miracle,” Hladík is a Jewish writer who is captured by the Nazis during the Nazi occupation of Prague. He sits in prison and dreads his execution, asking God for more time to finish his final play. As he stands before the firing squad, time stops and Hladík is able to finish his play in his head before time resumes and he is shot.
Jaromir Hladík Quotes in Ficciones
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13. The Secret Miracle
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For his sake, God projected a secret miracle: German lead would kill him, at the determined hour, but in his mind a year would elapse between the command to fire and its execution. From perplexity he passed to stupor, from stupor to resignation, from resignation to sudden gratitude.
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Jaromir Hladík Quotes in Ficciones
The Ficciones quotes below are all either spoken by Jaromir Hladík or refer to Jaromir Hladík. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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13. The Secret Miracle
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For his sake, God projected a secret miracle: German lead would kill him, at the determined hour, but in his mind a year would elapse between the command to fire and its execution. From perplexity he passed to stupor, from stupor to resignation, from resignation to sudden gratitude.
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