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Pirouettes on a postage stamp : an interview-novel / Bohumil Hrabal ; with questions asked and answers recorded by László Szigeti ; translated with an introduction and notes by David Short.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997, author.
Szigeti, László, author of dialog.
Contributor:
Short, David, translator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997--Interviews.
Hrabal, Bohumil.
Czechoslovakia--Fiction.
Czechoslovakia.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (189 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Prague, Czech Republic : Karolinum Press, 2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The book is a novel-interview initiated by the Hungarian journalist, writer and anti-communist activist based in Slovakia László Szigeti. It retains the character of a more or less verbatim oral record - it is full of false starts and thematic and syntactic digressions, characteristic for the majority of Hrabal´s magical, bizarre and grotesque tales. It is unique for being autobiographical and for making the reader understand Hrabal´s personality, his philosophy and perception and understanding of Central Europe shortly before the fall of totalitarian regime in the late 80s.
Contents:
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Translator's Foreword""; ""Index""
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 17, 2015).
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9788024628950
8024628953
9788024625751
802462575X
OCLC:
927227082

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