Closely Observed Trains
$34.02
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
1 July 1990
Summary
For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the small but strategic railway station in Bohemia in 1945 is full of complex preoccupations. There is the exacting business of dispatching German troop trains to and from the toppling Eastern front; the problem of ridding himself of his burdensome innocence; and the awesome scandal of Dispatcher Hubicka’s gross misuse of the station’s official stamps upon the telegraphist’s anatomy. Beside these, Milos’s part in the plan for the ammunition trai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349101255 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349101256 |
| Author: | Bohumil Hrabal |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 1990 |
| Weight: | 75g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 133mm x 7mm |
| Series: | Abacus Books |
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One of the most authentic incarnations of magical Prague; an incredible union of earthy humour and baroque imagination … What is unique about Hrabal is his capacity for joy
‘A superb writer’ Julian Barnes ‘A poignant, humorous tale’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ‘One of the most authentic incarnations of magical Prague; an incredible union of earthy humour and baroque imagination … What is unique about Hrabal is his capacity for joy’ MILAN KUNDERA
About The Author
Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil Hrabal was born in 1914 in Brno-Zidenice, Czechoslovakia. Receiving a degree in law, he worked as a stagehand, postman, clerk and baler of wastepaper. He later lived and wrote in Prague.
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