| Bohumil Hrabal: A Full-Length Portrait Contributor(s): Pelán, Jirí (Author), Short, David (Translator) |
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ISBN: 8024639092 ISBN-13: 9788024639093 Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Series: Modern Czech Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.6" W x 8" (0.45 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Described by Parul Sehgal in the New York Times Book Review as "one of the great prose stylists of the twentieth century; the scourge of state censors; the gregarious bar hound and lover of gossip, beer, cats, and women (in roughly that order)," Bohumil Hrabal is one of the most important, most translated, and most idiosyncratic Czech authors. In Bohumil Hrabal: A Full-Length Portrait, Jiř Pel n makes the case that this praise is far too narrow. A respected scholar of French and Italian literature, Pel n approaches Hrabal as a comparatist, expertly situating him within the context of European and world literature as he explores the entirety of Hrabal's oeuvre and its development over sixty years. Concise, clear, and as compulsively readable as the works of Hrabal himself, Bohumil Hrabal was universally praised by critics in its original Czech edition as one of best works of Hrabal criticism. Here it is beautifully rendered into English for the first time by David Short, a celebrated translator of Hrabal's works. Also featuring a fascinating selection of black-and-white images from Hrabal's life, Bohumil Hrabal is essential reading for anyone interested in this crucial Czech author. |
Contributor Bio(s): Short, David: - A retired teacher of Czech and Slovak, David Short has increasingly worked as a translator. He is the author of a popular Czech textbook, coauthor of a number of publications in the field of linguistics, and the translator of a score or so of books from Czech.Pelan, Jiri: - Jirí Pelán is a literary critic, translator, and professor in the Institute of Romance Studies at Charles University, Prague, where he specializes in Italian, French, and comparative literature. He is the key editor of the Czech edition of the Collected Works of Bohumil Hrabal. |