Hrabal Bohumil: Little Town Where Time Stood Still

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Publikace: Cutting It Short - Bohumil Hrabal. 'As I crammed the cream horn voraciously into my mouth, at once I heard Francin's voice saying that no decent woman would eat a cream puff like that' In a quiet town where not much happens, Maryska, the flamboyant brewer's wife, stands out. She cuts her skirt short so that she can ride her bicycle, her golden hair flying out behind her. She butchers pigs. She drinks and eats with relish. And when the garrulous ranconteur Uncle Pepin comes to visit the locals are scandalized even further, in Bohumil Hrabal's affecting, exuberant portrayal of a small central European community between the wars. 'One of the greatest European prose writers' Philip Roth 'Hrabal combines good humour and hilarity with tenderness' Observer Publikace: Cutting It Short - Bohumil Hrabal. The Little Town - Bohumil Hrabal From the flamboyant and unpredictable Maryska, who scandalises the town when she cuts short her golden tresses, to the eccentric Uncle Pepin, who always has to have a ready supply of furniture to smash when he's angry, Bohumil Hrabal creates a range of enchanting and memorable characters - confirming his status as one of Europe's greatest writers. z kategorie Knihy | Cizojazyčná literatura | English literature | Fiction and Literature | Czech Fiction od Little Brown naleznete ne e-shopu KnihyDobrovsky.cz! Publikace: The Little Town Where Time Stood Still - Bohumil Hrabal. "An English-language translation of a novel written in the 1970s by the Czech author of ""Closely Observed Trains"" and ""Too Loud a Solitude"". By turns sad and funny, it is set in a small provincial town in Bohemia between the wars, and reflects the passing of an age upon a community. " Publikace: The Little Town Where Time Stood Still - Bohumil Hrabal.