The Little Town Where Time Stood Still

Bohumil Hrabal

Jun 2014 · Verkauft von Abacus

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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.

Includes THE LITTLE TOWN WHERE TIME STOOD STILL and CUTTING IT SHORT.

Autoren-Profil

Bohumil Hrabal was born in 1914 in what was Czechoslovakia. Receiving a degree in law, he worked as a stagehand, postman, and baler of wastepaper. He later lived and wrote in Prague and became internationally known for his books, CLOSELY OBSERVED TRAINS being made into a hugely successful movie of the same name by Jiri Menzel. He died in 1997.