Pirouettes on a Postage Stamp - Couverture rigide

Hrabal, Bohumil

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8024614472 ISBN 13 : 9788024614472

Editeur : Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2009

Synopsis

Novelist Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia and spent decades working at a variety of laboring jobs before turning to writing in his late forties. From that point, he quickly made his mark on the Czech literary scene; by his death he was ranked with Jaroslav Hasek, Karel Capek, and Milan Kundera as among the nation's greatest twentieth-century writers. Known for writing about political questions with humor and vivid expressiveness, Hrabal also was given to experimentation--his early novel Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age, for example, consists of a single extended sentence.
Pirouettes on a Postage Stamp carried Hrabal's experimentation to the field of autobiography. On its surface a verbatim record of an oral interview conducted by Hungarian journalist László Szigeti, the book confuses and confounds with false starts, digressions, and philosophical asides. Yet despite all the games and distractions, Hrabal's personality shines through, compelling and unforgettable, making Pirouette on a Postage Stamp an unexpected treat for any lover of Czech literature.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and studied law. By his death, he was ranked among the greatest Czech writers of the twentieth century. His novel Closely Watched Trains was turned into an Academy Award-winning film.

David Short is an acclaimed translator of numerous books from Czech and Slovak to English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8024614472
• ISBN 13: 9788024614472
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 190
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• Personne responsable: non disponible