I Served the King of England
Hrabal, Bohumil (Author)
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The fantasising and storytelling deliver a body blow of total irreverence to the solemn mythopoeia of monumental historiographyTimes Literary SupplementHrabal bounces and floats. His mode is a sort of dancing realism, somewhere between fairytale and satire.He is a most sophisticated novelist, with a gusting humour and a hushed tenderness of detail. We should read himWell worth readingThe Book MagazineA master of rueful comedy and tender eroticism, Hrabal was, for all his eccentricity, a major figure in 20th-century world literature.
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ISBN (SKU)
9781529976472
Pages
288
Weight
202g
Dimensions
197x130x17
Imprint
Vintage Classics
Published
16, April, 2026
Genres
Fiction
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