Biography Three-Step Classic

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 years old. He created the Czech-style "Pabitel" figure, won many literary awards, and his novels were adapted into several films. This Czech writer is also quite special, and the specialness lies in his ordinariness. After obtaining a law degree, he left the polished life we imagine and moved into a slum. He worked as a steel mill worker, warehouse manager, salesman, scrap collector, and stage scenery worker. Hrabal said, "If others can live in a steel mill, why can't I?" He wrote amidst the heavy work, depicting the little-known people like workers, small shopkeepers, drivers, and scavengers, writing about their kindness, simplicity, and vices.