Description: Wonderful stories of Communist Prague by "the masterly Bohumil Hrabal" (The New Yorker)
Brief description: Bohumil Hrabal (1914-1997) was born in Moravia. He is the author of such classics as Closely Watched Trains (made into an Academy-Award winning film by Jiri Menzel), The Death of Mr. Baltisberger, I Served the King of England, and Too Loud a Solitude.
Review Quotes: One of the most authentic incarnations of magical Prague, an incredible union of earthy humor and baroque imagination.--Milan Kundera