Closely Watched Trains

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Author:

Hrabal, Bohumil

Translator:

Pargeter, Edith

Series title:

European Classics Ser.

ISBN:

978-0-8101-1278-0

Publication Date:

Mar 1995

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press

Imprint:

TriQuarterly Books

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $17.00

Book Description:

Hrabal's postwar classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovakia is among his most popular works. Milos Hrma is a timid railroad apprentice who insulates himself with fantasy against a reality filled with cruelty and grief.

Book Details

Pages:	85
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / Literary
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.125 x 7.75 x 0.4 Inches
Book Weight:	0.33 Pounds

Author Biography

Hrabal, Bohumil (Author)

Hrabal worked as a lawyer, clerk, railwayman, traveling salesman, steelworker, and laborer before turning to literature in 1962. In his tragic-comic novels and short stories he concentrates on the everyday lives of ordinary people. Thomas Lask says, "Hrabal shows an offbeat, original mind, a fey imagination and a sure hand in constructing his tales" (N.Y. Times Bk. Review). Hrabal's novel Closely Watched Trains (1965) was made into an internationally successful movie.

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