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Blogs about: Bohumil Hrabal

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One Man's Take on the Best Reads of the 2000s

Christopher Porter wrote 2 days ago: So, you should probably know these things about me before you read this list: I am cantankerous, gen … more →

Tags: Books, Alison Bechdel, Ben Marcus, Best of the decade, C. E. Morgan, Charles Bowden, Chuck Kinder, Dave Eggers, denis johnson

I Served The King of England - Bohumil Hrabal11 comments

savidgereads wrote 2 months ago: As I mentioned earlier today last night was the monthly meet up of book lovers and book bloggers in … more →

Tags: book group, Review, vintage classics, book groups, Vintage Books

Quick Catch Up...6 comments

savidgereads wrote 3 months ago: I have just managed to find an internet cafe in Tel Aviv so sent a few emails to tell everyone am ok … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, book group, céline curiol

Closely Watched Trains-- Bohumil Hrabal

Randy wrote 6 months ago:   Closely Watched Trains was my first introduction to this amazing Czech writer who was as at home i … more →

Tags: Czech Republic

Dribbling stretti 6 comments

lapoesiaelospirito wrote 6 months ago: di Carmine Vitale I cigni lasciano una lunga scia sulla superficie dell’acqua. Sembrano ombre. Li gu … more →

Tags: Poesía

La birra, Gesù, Laozi, Schelling e Hegel.1 comment

cicinapepta wrote 7 months ago: E mentre bevevo la quarta brocca di birra, mi apparve accanto alla pressa un leggiadro giovine e io … more →

Tags: Gesù, Una solitudine troppo rumorosa, birra, Laozi, Taoísmo, Schelling, Hegel, Erasmo da Rotterdam, Visioni

Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (I Served the King of England) [2006]

kalafudra wrote 8 months ago: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále or I Served the King of England is the adaption of Bohumil Hrabal … more →

Tags: Movies, Obsluhoval jsem Anglickeho Krale, I Served the King of England, Jirí Menzel, Oldrich Kaiser, Ivan Barnev, julia jentsch, Martin Huba

I Served the King of England [Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále]2 comments

ameer wrote 9 months ago: You know how there’s these books – corner stones, sort of – that you’re supp … more →

Tags: Books, Prague

Closely Observed Trains1 comment

Max Cairnduff wrote 10 months ago: Closely Observed Trains, also known as Closely Watched Trains, is a 1965 novella by Czech author Boh … more →

Tags: translation, Literary Fiction, Hrabal Bohumil, Czech literature

Closely Observed Trains (1966)

thecatcanwait wrote 1 year ago: Or “Closely Absurd Trains” would be my alternative title. Wet behind the ears virgin Mil … more →

Tags: Good, Jirí Menzel, Czech New Wave

bookshelf #34

armazem42 wrote 1 year ago: já assumi que não li nada que se veja durante o verão mea culpa eu sei no entanto eu defendo a noção … more →

Tags: Bookshelf

[hrabal IStKoE 211-3]

armazem42 wrote 1 year ago: : We went to a spruce tree, a beautiful spruce surrounded by cut boughs piled halfway up the trunk, … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Teaser Tuesdays1 comment

Mae wrote 1 year ago: Technically, it’s still Tuesday for the rest of the world. So, my first meme in a long while. … more →

Tags: Reading, Teaser Tuesdays, Meme, Tuesday, I Served the King of England

I Served the King of England movie review

bestofhdfest wrote 1 year ago: Check out this new review of I Served the King of England being released today. This social satire a … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, independent film reviews, Jirí Menzel, I Served the King of England, julia jentsch, Martin Huba, Marian Labuda, Milan Lasica, Josef Abrham

Books about trains

elsiem wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been forgetting to mention the books I’m reading. This month I finished two which h … more →

Tags: Books, Trains, Lisa St Aubin de Teran

A series of highs without any lows

elsiem wrote 1 year ago: I Served the King of England is a lovely fairy tale of a book, but it really needs to be read when y … more →

Tags: Books, I Served the King of England

left hungry in a busy restaurant

Sandy Matthews wrote 1 year ago: To continue with, what I like to call an Evaluation, of a few of the shows playing at St Mary’ … more →

Tags: theatre, too loud a solitude, Nie!..., Physical Theatre piece

Friendly Lists: Tyler Dempsey2 comments

silenceinarchitecture wrote 1 year ago: Today’s super special sauce guest list is by Tyler Dempsey, lead banjo-diddler of All These Te … more →

Tags: Guest List, All These Teepees, Mia, tyler dempsey, tonto, battles, bamboo banga, I Woke Up Today, Port O'Brien

My new favourite bookshop1 comment

inkandkeys wrote 2 years ago: Currently, I am mostly in love with Daunt Books on Marylebone High Street. It’s fairly close t … more →

Tags: Reading, seeing, Indies, daunt books, Bookshops


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