8 rows · · A short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, this eccentric romp celebrates the Brand: HarperCollins Publishers. · Bohumil Hrabal: Too Loud a Solitude. 27 June / David Auerbach /. Hardly a novel, and not a novella either, this short book has Hrabal straining beyond the reach of the light/serious allegory of I Served the King of England to something more personal and confused. It’s the story of Hanta, an old man who has worked for decades compacting waste paper, books especially, in his Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Too Loud a Solitude is a short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. Self-published in and officially in The entire story is narrated in the first person by the main character Hanta. Hanta is portrayed as a sort of recluse and hermit, albeit one with encyclopedic literary knowledge.4/5(K).
― Bohumil Hrabal, Too Loud a Solitude. tags: books, literature, reading, words. likes. Like "I can be by myself because I'm never lonely; I'm simply alone, living in my heavily populated solitude, a harum-scarum of infinity and eternity, and Infinity and Eternity seem to take a liking to the likes of me." ― Bohumil Hrabal. Too Loud a Solitude does chronicle a life and a death foretold. Hrabal, despite obtaining a degree in law from Prague's Charles University was forced to work as a manual laborer in the s. This included a stint as a waste compactor. In , beset with ill-health, Hrabal fell or flew out of his fifth floor hospital room and plunged to his death. Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal, translated by Michael Henry Heim. Abacus, pp., £, May , 0 7 Show More I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal, translated by Paul Wilson.
Bohumil Hrabal: Too Loud a Solitude. Czechoslovakian writer Bohumil Hrabal comes out of a long tradition of wicked satirists. Think of Rabelais, Swift, Voltaire, and, in our era, Günter Grass (The Tin Drum), Raymond Coover (The Public Burning), and Terry Southern (The Magic Christian). Or, even more contemporary, Saturday Night Live. Bohumil Hrabal: Too Loud a Solitude. 27 June / David Auerbach /. Hardly a novel, and not a novella either, this short book has Hrabal straining beyond the reach of the light/serious allegory of I Served the King of England to something more personal and confused. It’s the story of Hanta, an old man who has worked for decades compacting waste paper, books especially, in his press, selecting a couple to take home with him and read. Too Loud a Solitude is a short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. Self-published in and officially in due to political censorship. It tells the story of an old man who works as a paper crusher in Prague, using his job to save and amass astounding numbers of rare and banned books; he is an obsessive collector of knowledge. The book was translated into English by Michael Henry Heim.
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