TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE
by HRABAL, BOHUMIL
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
Harvest, 1990. Book. Very Good. Wraps. Reprint.. 98pp; A bright copy; Size: 12mo.
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
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009331
- Title
- TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE
- Author
- HRABAL, BOHUMIL
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Harvest
- Date Published
- 1990
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
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Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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