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Rambling on : an apprentice's guide to gift of the gab : short stories /

Bohumil Hrabal (1914-97) has been ranked with Jaroslav Ha¿Łek, Karel Capek, 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hrabal, Bohumil (Author)
Other Authors: Short, David (Translator), Kadlec, Václav (Author of afterword, colophon, etc.), Grus, Jií (Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Prague, Czech Republic : Karolinum Press, 2014.
Series:Beletrie.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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 pivarn©k's; 17 the maid of honour; 18 adagio lamentoso; 19 an apprentice's guide to the gift of the gab; afterword; translator's notes; contents.