Closely Watched Trains

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ISBN9780241752142
AuthorsBohumil Hrabal
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
FormatPaperback
Number of pages128
Weight (kg)0.070
Publishing Date17/04/2025
Price (excl. tax)€7.78
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Price (incl. tax)€8.25
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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.

Taking you from a Japanese tea ceremony to the mean streets of New York, from ancient battlefields to haunted graveyards and all the way into outer space, Penguin Archive brings together an eclectic range of some of the greatest, most transporting stories, ideas and poetry from ninety years of publishing.