Bohumil Hrabal

Bohumil Hrabal was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century.

Books by Bohumil Hrabal

2 books available

Too Loud a Solitude
Bohumil Hrabal
4.0 (16k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In a communist state, a wastepaper compactor secretly salvages forbidden books, becoming an accidental scholar whose mind is a chaotic library of others' thoughts, until automation threatens to silence his literary sanctuary forever.
Closely Watched Trains
Bohumil Hrabal
3.7 (13k) average on GoodreadsFiction
Amidst the comedic chaos of a sleepy Czech railway station and the burden of his own virginity, a young apprentice finds himself drawn into an unexpected act of wartime heroism against the occupying Germans.