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Book Description
An old man, a shoemaker who once wore a pince-nez and carried a stick with a silver mounting because he wanted to look like a composer, tells the story of his life to six youn, beautiful women basking in the sun. One drunken thought triggers another. Amorous conquests alternate with sundry mishaps aContinue
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popmatters published on Wed, 14 Sep 2011
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Bohumil Hrabal
What is funny and forlorn, where is the comic pathos, in the following sentence? ‘A fortune-teller once read my cards and said that if it wasn’t for a tiny black cloud hanging over me I could do great things and not only for my country but for all ma ... (read full critics)
lrb published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010
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Book Details
- English Books
- Hardcover 128 Pages
- Edition: 1st ed
- ISBN-10: 0151238103
- ISBN-13: 9780151238101
- Publisher: Harcourt
- Pub date: Sep 11, 1995
- Dimensions: 1097 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780151238101 | Hardcover | $14.00 | -- | The Book Depository |
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Those Wacky Europeans Are at It Again with 'Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age'
Man, what is it about Europeans and literature? Okay, I know that’s a broad statement, but the old saw about Europeans being more interested in ideas and Americans being more interested in storytelling—well, there’s some truth to that. Quite a lot of ... (read full critics)