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In-House Weddings (Paperback)
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Inspired by "Mrs. Tolstoy and Mrs. Dostoevsky, whose biographies
about their husbands have now been published in Prague," Bohumil
Hrabal decided to produce his own autobiographical work, ostensibly
fiction, from his wife's point of view. He would write, he said,
"not a putdown about myself, but a little bit of how it all was,
that marriage of ours, with myself as a jewel and adornment of our
life together." The task, taken up by such a rogue comic talent,
could be nothing other than strangely delightful; and in In-House
Weddings, the first of the trilogy that Hrabal produced, we meet
the author through the eyes of his wife Eliska. She narrates his
life from his upbringing in Nymburk through his work as a
dispatcher in a train station and then in a scrap paper plant, his
first publication, his trouble with the authorities, and his
association with notable artists and authors such as Jiri Kolar,
Vladimir Boudnik, and Arnost Lustig. Hrabal's bohemian life was
itself a source of great interest to the Czech public; transmuted
here, it is even more compelling, a wry portrait of artistic life
in postwar Eastern Europe and a telling reflection on how such a
life might be recast in the light of literary brilliance.
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Imprint: |
Northwestern University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2007 |
First published: |
July 2007 |
Authors: |
Bohumil Hrabal
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Translators: |
Tony Liman
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Dimensions: |
141 x 218 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8101-2430-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-8101-2430-0 |
Barcode: |
9780810124301 |
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