Pirouettes on a postage stamp : an interview-novel /
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997.
Pirouettes on a postage stamp : an interview-novel / Bohumil Hrabal ; with questions asked and answers recorded by Laszlo Szigeti ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by David Short. - 1st English ed. - Prague : Karolinum Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (189 pages) : portrait - Beletrie . - Beletrie. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index.
Cover -- Copyright -- Translator's Foreword -- Index
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 Hrabalś magical, bizarre and grotesque tales. It is unique for being autobiographical and for making the reader understand Hrabalś personality, his philosophy and perception and understanding of Central Europe shortly before the fall of totalitarian regime in the late 80s.
9788024625751 (electronic bk.) 802462575X (electronic bk.)
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997 --Interviews.
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997.
1900-1999
Authors, Czech--20th century--Interviews.
Écrivains tchèques--20e siècle--Entretiens.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
Authors, Czech.
Electronic books.
Interviews.
PG5039.18.R2 / Z46813 2008
891.86
Pirouettes on a postage stamp : an interview-novel / Bohumil Hrabal ; with questions asked and answers recorded by Laszlo Szigeti ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by David Short. - 1st English ed. - Prague : Karolinum Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (189 pages) : portrait - Beletrie . - Beletrie. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index.
Cover -- Copyright -- Translator's Foreword -- Index
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 Hrabalś magical, bizarre and grotesque tales. It is unique for being autobiographical and for making the reader understand Hrabalś personality, his philosophy and perception and understanding of Central Europe shortly before the fall of totalitarian regime in the late 80s.
9788024625751 (electronic bk.) 802462575X (electronic bk.)
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997 --Interviews.
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997.
1900-1999
Authors, Czech--20th century--Interviews.
Écrivains tchèques--20e siècle--Entretiens.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
Authors, Czech.
Electronic books.
Interviews.
PG5039.18.R2 / Z46813 2008
891.86