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The Little Town Where Time Stood Still

Name: The Little Town Where Time Stood Still
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Author: Bohumil Hrabal
ISBN: 9780241290255

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Bohumil Hrabal, James Naughton

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Paru le : 29/06/2017

'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... > Lire la suite

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'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 tenderness.

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Date de parution : 29/06/2017
Editeur : PENGUIN
Collection : Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN : 978-0-241-29025-5
EAN : 9780241290255
Format : ePub
Nb. de pages : 128 pages

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- Pages : 128
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Bohumil Hrabal was one of the most important and admired Czech writers of the twentieth 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travelling salesman, manual labourer, paper-packer and stagehand, he published a collection of poetry that was quickly withdrawn by the communist regime. His best-known books include I Served the King of England, Closely Watched Trains (made into an Academy Award-winning film directed by Jiri Menzel) and Too Loud a Solitude.
In 1997, he fell to his death from the fifth floor of a Prague hospital, apparently trying to feed the pigeons.