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Rambling on : an apprentice's guide to gift of the gab : short stories / Bohumil Hrabal ; English translation by David Short ; afterword by Václav Kadlec ; illustrations by Jií Grus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997, author.
- Kadlec, Václav, author of afterword, colophon, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kvorecký, Josef--Translations into English.
- Kvorecký, Josef.
- Clergy--Fiction.
- Clergy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Prague, Czech Republic : Karolinum Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) has been ranked with Jaroslav Hasek, Karel Čapek, and Milan Kundera as among the greatest twentieth-century Czech writers. Hrabal's fiction blends tragedy with humor and explores the anguish of intellectuals and ordinary people alike from a slightly surreal perspective. Rambling On is a collection of stories set in Hrabal's Kersko that depicts the hilariously absurd atmosphere of a tiny cottage community in the heart of a forest in the middle of totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Several of these stories were rejected by the Communist censors during the 1970s; this first English translation features the original, uncensored versions.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- 1 THE ST BERNARD INN
- 2 A MOONLIT NIGHT
- 3 MR METHIE
- 4 A FERAL COW
- 5 A GRAND PIANO RABBIT HUTCH
- 6 JUMBO
- 7 MAZÁNEK'S WONDER
- 8 THE SNOWDROP FESTIVAL
- 9 FRIENDS
- 10 FINING SALAMI
- 11 LELI
- 12 BEATRICE
- 13 LUCY AND POLLY
- 14 THE FEAST
- 15 IONIC MAN
- 16 HAIR LIKE PIVARNÍK'S
- 17 THE MAID OF HONOUR
- 18 ADAGIO LAMENTOSO
- 19 AN APPRENTICE'S GUIDE TO THE GIFT OF THE GAB
- AFTERWORD
- TRANSLATOR'S NOTES.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 15, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9788024628974
- 802462897X
- 9788024625812
- 8024625814
- OCLC:
- 900888828
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