Closely Watched Trains

Bohumil Hrabal author Edith Pargeter translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Publishing:17th Apr '25

£5.99

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Closely Watched Trains tells the story of Miloš Hrma, a young railroad apprentice coming of age in wartime Czechoslovakia. Miloš is overwhelmed with worries – about his virginity, his love for the conductor, and ongoing scandals in the stationmaster’s office – besides which the idea of fighting the Germans seems a simple affair. Poignant, humorous and the inspiration behind the 1966 Academy Award-winning film, this is a small masterpiece from one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century.

Taking you from a Japanese tea ceremony to the mean streets of New York, from ancient battlefields to haunted graveyards and all the way into outer space, Penguin Archive brings together an eclectic range of some of the greatest, most transporting stories, ideas and poetry from ninety years of publishing.

ISBN: 9780241752142

Dimensions: 180mm x 110mm x 6mm

Weight: 73g

112 pages