Closely Watched Trains

AvBohumil Hrabal

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksClosely Watched Trains tells the story of Miloš Hrma, a young railroad apprentice coming of age in wartime Czechoslovakia. Miloš is overwhelmed with worries – about his virginity, his love for the conductor, and ongoing scandals in the stationmaster’s office – besides which the idea of fighting the Germans seems a simple affair. Poignant, humorous and the inspiration behind the 1966 Academy Award-winning film, this is a small masterpiece from one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-04-17
Mått:110 x 180 x 6 mm
Vikt:73 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Penguin Archive
Antal sidor:112
Förlag:Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:9780241752142
Översättare:Edith Pargeter

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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travelling salesman, manual labourer, paper-packer and stagehand, he published a collection of poetry that was quickly withdrawn by the communist regime.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.