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The Little Town Where Time Stood Still
Bohumil Hrabal
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Description for The Little Town Where Time Stood Still
Paperback. Translator(s): Naughton, James. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'Folks, life is beautiful! Bring on the drinks, I'm sticking around till I'm ninety! Do you hear?' A young boy grows up in a sleepy Czech community where little changes. His raucous, mischievous Uncle Pepin came to stay with the family years ago, and never left. But the outside world is encroaching on their close-knit town - first in the shape of German occupiers, and then with the new Communist order. Elegiac and moving, Bohumil Hrabal's gem-like portrayal of the passing of an age is filled with wit, life and ... Read more
'Folks, life is beautiful! Bring on the drinks, I'm sticking around till I'm ninety! Do you hear?' A young boy grows up in a sleepy Czech community where little changes. His raucous, mischievous Uncle Pepin came to stay with the family years ago, and never left. But the outside world is encroaching on their close-knit town - first in the shape of German occupiers, and then with the new Communist order. Elegiac and moving, Bohumil Hrabal's gem-like portrayal of the passing of an age is filled with wit, life and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241290248
SKU
V9780241290248
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Ref
99-19
About Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil Hrabal was one of the most important and admired Czech writers of the 20th century. He was born and raised in Brno in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914. After working as a railway labourer, insurance agent, travelling salesman, manual labourer, paper-packer and stagehand, he published a collection of poetry that was quickly withdrawn by the communist ... Read more
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