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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)
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- English Books
- Paperback
- ISBN-10: 1860462154
- ISBN-13: 9781860462153
- Publisher: Havill Pr
- Pub date: May 01, 1998
- Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9781860462153 | Paperback | $55.01 | -- | 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)