by Bohumil Hrabal · Gallimard · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070375295
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«Trains étroitement surveillés» is the novel by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, published by Gallimard in paperback.
In a small railway station in Bohemia during the war, a young apprentice tries to take his own life after a romantic disappointment, while an employee takes advantage of the night shift to play a grotesque prank on a telegraph operator. Between the absurd and the everyday, the narrative also leaves room for heroism, sacrifice, and resistance.
The novel was originally published in Czech in 1965 as «Ostře sledované vlaky»; this French edition belongs to the Folio collection.
For readers interested in Czech literature, the classic novel, and historical fiction set during the war.
Bohumil Hrabal was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century.
