Too Loud a Solitude
by Hrabal, Bohumil
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0156904586
- ISBN 13
- 9780156904582
- Seller
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Maplewood, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Mariner Books, 1992. Very Good paperback NEW. Trade Paperback. Very Good.
Synopsis
Too Loud a Solitude is a short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. Self-published in 1976 and officially in 1989 due to political censorship, it was Hrabal's final novel before his death. It tells the story of an eclectic and dimwitted old man who works as a paper crusher in Prague, using his job to save and amass astounding numbers of rare and banned books, he is an obsessive collector of knowledge. The book was translated into English by Michael Henry Heim.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House - St. Louis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201001-MB22
- Title
- Too Loud a Solitude
- Author
- Hrabal, Bohumil
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0156904586
- ISBN 13
- 9780156904582
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Czechoslovakian Writer Book of the Year Fiction Literature Literary Novel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Book House - St. Louis
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Maplewood, Missouri
About The Book House - St. Louis
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