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Hrabal bounces and floats. His mode is a sort of dancing realism, somewhere between fairy tale and satire. He is a most sophisticated novelist, with a gusting humour and a hushed tenderness of detail. We should read him -- Julian Barnes
Hrabal, to my mind, is one of the greatest European prose writers -- Philip Roth
One of the most authentic incarnations of magical Prague; an incredible union of earthy humour and baroque imagination... What is unique about Hrabal is his capacity for joy -- Milan Kundera
Hrabal's comedy is completely paradoxical. Holding in balance limitless desire and limited satisfaction, it is both rebellious and fatalistic, restless and wise -- James Wood * London Review of Books *
A poignant, humorous tale * New York Times Book Review *

Closely Watched Trains

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    A Paperback / softback by Bohumil Hrabal, Edith Pargeter

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/03/2017
      ISBN13: 9780241290224, 978-0241290224
      ISBN10: 0241290228
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      Hrabal bounces and floats. His mode is a sort of dancing realism, somewhere between fairy tale and satire. He is a most sophisticated novelist, with a gusting humour and a hushed tenderness of detail. We should read him -- Julian Barnes
      Hrabal, to my mind, is one of the greatest European prose writers -- Philip Roth
      One of the most authentic incarnations of magical Prague; an incredible union of earthy humour and baroque imagination... What is unique about Hrabal is his capacity for joy -- Milan Kundera
      Hrabal's comedy is completely paradoxical. Holding in balance limitless desire and limited satisfaction, it is both rebellious and fatalistic, restless and wise -- James Wood * London Review of Books *
      A poignant, humorous tale * New York Times Book Review *

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