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All My Cats by Bohumil Hrabal
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
In the autumn of 1965, flush with the unexpected success of his first published books, the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal bought a weekend cottage in Kersko, about an hour's drive east of Prague. From then until his death in 1997, he divided his time between Prague and Kersko, where he wrote and tended to ...Show more
Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
A classic of postwar literature, a small masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism from one of the best Czech writers For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the small but strategic railway station in Bohemia in 1945 is full of complex preoccupations. There is the exacting business of dispatch ...Show more
Cutting It Short by Bohumil Hrabal
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Description: 'As I crammed the cream horn voraciously into my mouth, at once I heard Francin's voice saying that no decent woman would eat a cream puff like that' In a quiet town where not much happens, Maryska, the flamboyant brewer's wife, stands out. She cuts her skirt short so that she can ride her ...Show more
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