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'Glorious . . . Hrabal combines good humour and hilarity with tenderness and a tragic sense of his country's history' OBSERVER 'There are pages of queer magic unlike anything else currently being done with words' GUARDIAN 'Hrabal is a most sophisticated novelist, with a gusting humour and a hushed tenderness of detail' Julian Barnes 'Czechoslovakia's greatest living writer' Milan Kundera 'Hrabal fills his pages with humanity and enchantment.' THE TIMES 'Here two comic tales of provincial life between the wars combine broad humour with minutely detailed description to produce a feverish energy. Enchanting.' TIME OUT 'This vivid and hilarious portrait of Czech villagers between the Wars, beery, eccentric and bursting with life, puts one in mind both of Czechoslovakia's greatest novel, Hasek's THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK and one of our own classics, Sterne's TRISTAM SHANDY.' VOGUE 'Funny and sad by turns, an enchanting book which records the passing of an age in a small rural community.' WHAT'S ON IN BIRMINGHAM 'This book offers a series of charming, richly descriptive vignettes set in a small town.' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
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'There are pages of queer magic unlike anything else currently being done with words'
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33 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bohumil Hrabal is for me the best "Czech" writer ever.
This book is a perfect example of Czech mentality - satiric, love, fun, sadness and stupidity. It's a book you'll love or hate. Once you fall in love in this book you'd read it again and again. You'll discover how life can be beautiful with its simplicity.
That's a book why I'm proud to be Czech. It'a a book I'm proud to be born in the town when the time stood still.
This book is a perfect example of Czech mentality - satiric, love, fun, sadness and stupidity. It's a book you'll love or hate. Once you fall in love in this book you'd read it again and again. You'll discover how life can be beautiful with its simplicity.
That's a book why I'm proud to be Czech. It'a a book I'm proud to be born in the town when the time stood still.
Glorious book, recommended from the deepest part of my heart. Enjoy it.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A masterpiece of creative storytelling and fresh narrative devices without resorting to corny gimmicks, the opening pages are certain to capture your attention with their sheer beauty and striking images (I often re-read the opening scene in the same way I might listen to the opening of Cosi fan Tutte). As with many of his larger works, Hrabal is concerned here with the shift ing of eras, the end of Empire, the German occupation (and 'the German question') and through this he reveals his affection for humanity in all its funny and tragic messiness. I just love this book.
16 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Uncle Pepin & Francin offer knockabout humour that turns instantly and invisibly into something darker. Maryska vivaciousness has a sting in her tail! These early books are stunning . Hrabal is a writer that I come back to again and again,
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