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Bohumil Hrabal Closely Watched Trains

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Penguin Books Ltd

UK

2025

Paperback

112

Light

322661

978-0-241-75214-2

0-241-75214-0

Fiction in translation

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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.

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