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Rambling On: An Apprentices Guide to the Gift of the Gab
Bohumil Hrabal
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Description for Rambling On: An Apprentices Guide to the Gift of the Gab
Hardcover. Novelist Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and spent decades working at a variety of laboring jobs before turning to writing in his late forties. This book offers a collection of stories that set in Hrabal's Kersko. Translator(s): Short, David. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Novelist Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and spent decades working at a variety of laboring jobs before turning to writing in his late forties. From that point, he quickly made his mark on the Czech literary scene; by the time of his death he was ranked with Jaroslav Hasek, Karel Capek, and Milan Kundera as among the nation's greatest twentieth-century writers. Hrabal's fiction blends tragedy with humor and explores the anguish of intellectuals and ordinary people alike from a slightly surreal perspective. His work ranges from novels and poems to film scripts and essays. Rambling On is ... Read more
Novelist Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and spent decades working at a variety of laboring jobs before turning to writing in his late forties. From that point, he quickly made his mark on the Czech literary scene; by the time of his death he was ranked with Jaroslav Hasek, Karel Capek, and Milan Kundera as among the nation's greatest twentieth-century writers. Hrabal's fiction blends tragedy with humor and explores the anguish of intellectuals and ordinary people alike from a slightly surreal perspective. His work ranges from novels and poems to film scripts and essays. Rambling On is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Ovocny, Czechia
ISBN
9788024623160
SKU
V9788024623160
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About Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) was a celebrated Czech writer whose books include Closely Watched Trains, which was adapted into a film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film in 1967, I Served the King of England, and Pirouettes on a Postage Stamp, the last also published by Karolinum Press, Charles University, Prague. David Short works as a translator, interpreter, ... Read more
Reviews for Rambling On: An Apprentices Guide to the Gift of the Gab
"Hrabal embodies as no other the fascinating Prague. He couples people's humor to baroque imagination." (Milan Kundera)"