Closely Observed Trains
Registered by yorkshire-lass of Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on 12/17/2018
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For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the small but strategic railway station in Bohemia in 1945 is full of complex preoccupations. There is the exacting business of dispatching German troop trains to and from the toppling Eastern front; the problem of ridding himself of his burdensome innocence; and the awesome scandal of Dispatcher Hubicka's gross misuse of the station's official stamps upon the telegraphist's anatomy. Beside these, Milos's part in the plan for the ammunition train seems a simple affair.
CLOSELY OBSERVED TRAINS, which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the 'Prague Spring', is a classic of postwar literature, a small masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism which fully justifies Hrabal's reputation as one of the best Czech writers of today.
Google Overview
For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the small but strategic railway station in Bohemia in 1945 is full of complex preoccupations. There is the exacting business of dispatching German troop trains to and from the toppling Eastern front; the problem of ridding himself of his burdensome innocence; and the awesome scandal of Dispatcher Hubicka's gross misuse of the station's official stamps upon the telegraphist's anatomy. Beside these, Milos's part in the plan for the ammunition train seems a simple affair.
CLOSELY OBSERVED TRAINS, which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the 'Prague Spring', is a classic of postwar literature, a small masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism which fully justifies Hrabal's reputation as one of the best Czech writers of today.
This is on its way to a BookCrossing friend as a little Christmas gift :-)
Happy Christmas!!
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Happy Christmas!!
Being sent direct by AwesomeBooks.
Thank you very much. What a lovely surprise. Both book and card arrived in the same post. Must remove this from my wishlist before I forget. 😀
A very interesting little read. It's been on my wishlist since the beginning of my Bookcrossing career, since I spotted it on someone else's list. I have just checked and it appears that Bookcrosser is still wishing so i will offer it to them as first choice.
Unbelievably after wanting this book for so long and your sending it to me, I received another two copies from my Secret Santa. One of them has a slightly different title (Closely Watched Trains) but it is definitely the same book!
Thank you for sending me a copy. I really enjoyed it.
Unbelievably after wanting this book for so long and your sending it to me, I received another two copies from my Secret Santa. One of them has a slightly different title (Closely Watched Trains) but it is definitely the same book!
Thank you for sending me a copy. I really enjoyed it.
On its way to a Bookcrossing friend.
Released 5 yrs ago (2/26/2019 UTC) at Ossett, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Arrived the day before yesterday. Thank you for sending this to me, Deltic :)
I really enjoyed this! Thanks again, Deltic, for sending it to me. I’m away visiting friends this bank holiday weekend and will probably wild-release this book somewhere while I’m here.
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