Hrabal's Masterpieces - The Biographical Trilogy (Complete Three Parts)

Author: (Czech) Jaroslav Hrabal, translated by Xing Can, Lao Bai
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Bohumil Hrabal, this Czech writer is somewhat unfamiliar to us. He didn’t publish his first book until he was 49. He created the Czech-style "Pabitel" figure, won many literary awards, and his novels were adapted into several films. This Czech writer is also special, and the very reason for his uniqueness lies in his ordinariness. After obtaining a law degree, he left the polished life we imagined and moved into a slum. He worked as a steel mill worker, warehouse manager, salesman, scrap packer, and stage scenery worker. Hrabal said, "If others can live in a steel mill, why can’t I?" He wrote between heavy work, depicting the little-known people like workers, small shop owners, drivers, and scavengers, writing about their human kindness, simplicity, and vices.