Closely Watched Trains (Penguin Modern Classics)

By (author) : Bohumil Hrabal
Translated by : Edith Pargeter
Publishers: Penguin Books Ltd
Print Format: Paperback

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A classic of postwar literature, a small masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism from one of the best Czech writers

For twenty-two-year-old Milos, bumbling apprentice at a sleepy Czechrailway station, life is full of worries: his burdensome virginity, hislove for the pretty conductor Masha, the scandalous goings-on in thestation master's office. Beside them, the part he will come to playagainst the occupying Germans seems a simple affair, in Bohumil Hrabal'stouching, absurd masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism.

Closely Watched Trains, which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the 'Prague Spring', is a masterpiece that fully justifies Hrabal's reputation as one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century.

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A poignant, humorous tale

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Title	Closely Watched Trains (Penguin Modern Classics)
By (author)	Bohumil Hrabal
Translated by	Edith Pargeter
Publishers	Penguin Books Ltd
Language of text	English
Original language of a translated text	Czech
ISBN	9780241290224
Product Form	Paperback
Height	198 mm
Width	129 mm
Thickness	5 mm
Unit weight	78 gr