Closely Watched Trains

Resumen del libro

A classic of postwar literature, a small masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism from one of the best Czech writers 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 Watched Trains, which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the 'Prague Spring', is a masterpiece that fully justifies Hrabal's reputation as one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century.

Biografía del autor

Bouhmil Hrabal nace en Brono (Checoslovaquia) en 1914. Se doctoró en Derecho y antes de ser reconocido como un gran novelista, ejerció los oficios más diversos: oficial de notaria, viajante de comercio, triturador de papel viejo, empleado de ferrocarril, oficinista " Empezó a publicar en 1963 con gran éxito pero después de la ocupación soviética sus libros fueron prohibidos. Entre sus obras destacan Yo que he servido al rey de Inglaterra, Personajes en un paisaje de infancia, etc. Murió en 1997.