Rake, drunkard, aesthete, gossip, raconteur extraordinaire: the narrator of Bohumil Hrabal's rambling, rambunctious masterpiece Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age is all these and more. Speaking to a group of sunbathing women who remind him of lovers
Hrabal's postwar classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovakia is among his most beloved and accessible works. Closely Watched Trains is the subtle and poetic portrait of Miloš Hrma, a timid young railroad apprentice who ins
In these letters written to April Gifford between 1989 and 1991 but never sent, Bohumil Hrabal (1914-1997) chronicles the momentous events of those years as seen, more often than not, from the windows of his favorite pubs. In his palavering style that has
Inspired by “Mrs. Tolstoy and Mrs. Dostoevsky, whose biographies about their husbands have now been published in Prague,” Bohumil Hrabal decided to produce his own autobiographical work, ostensibly fiction, from his wife’s point of view. He would w
"Czechoslovakia's greatest living writer." —Milan KunderaIn this moving, absorbing novel, we meet the eccentric residents of a home for the elderly who reminisce about their lives and their changing country. Written with a keen eye for the absurd and pe
Správce nymburského pivovaru má krásnou, ale trochu moc živou manželku. Kromě ní mu dělá starosti kvalita a odbyt piva a také jeho hlučný bratr, který za ním přijel na návštěvu.
Jest to niekonwencjonalna powieść inspirowana postacią grafika-abstrakcjonisty Vladimira Boudnika (1924-68), opowieść o przyjaźni i wspólnych poszukiwaniach nowych źródeł inspiracji - w knajpach, na ulicy, wśród zwyczajnych ludzi - a także hi
An intimate history of Czechoslovakia under communism; a meditation on the social and political role of art, and a triumphant statement of the values underlying all the recent revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe.
