Mr Kafka and other tales from the time of the cult
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-19972016
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Enter the gas-lit streets of post-war Prague, the steelworks run by singed men, the covered market that smells of new-born babes, the cacophonous open-air dance hall. Mr Kafka is avoiding his landlady's blueberry wine breath, a stonemason witnesses the destruction of a monument to Stalin he risked his life to build, and factory men strain to catch a glimpse of a beautiful bathing murderess. In these stories, Bohumil Hrabal captures men and women in an eerily beautiful nightmare, and their spirit in all its misery and splendour.
Main title:
Mr Kafka and other tales from the time of the cult / Bohumil Hrabal.
Author:
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage Classic, 2016.
Collation:
208 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Czech.
ISBN:
9781784871178 (pbk)
Dewey class:
891.86354
Language:
EnglishCzech
BRN:
81145
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