Bohumil Hrabal

"Parecendo remexer, escavar a realidade quotidiana à procura da mais pequena partícula de beleza contida nos seres e nas coisas, Bohumil Hrabal acaba por ser um cronista malicioso e um caricaturista comovente", diz o jornal Libération sobre este autor a quem Kundera chama "uma das incarnações mais autênticas da Praga …

I Served the King of England is a novel by the Czechoslovak writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in Prague in the 1940s, during Nazi occupation and early communism, and follows a young man who alternately gets into trouble and has successes. Hrabal wrote the book during a period of censorship in the early 70s. It …

Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age is a 1964 novel by the Czechoslovak writer Bohumil Hrabal. It tells the story of a man who recounts various events from his past, and in particular his love life. The novel is written in one long sentence.

From the flamboyant and unpredictable Maryska, who scandalises the town when she cuts short her golden tresses, to the eccentric Uncle Pepin, who always has to have a ready supply of furniture to smash when he's angry, Bohumil Hrabal creates a range of enchanting and memorable characters - confirming his status as one …