A grandiose old shoemaker tells his story to a circle of young women basking in the sun, a tale of amorous conquests and drunken misadventures, in a novella by Czechoslovakia's preeminent storyteller.
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"The beauty of Hrabal's book is how he is able to make this tightly-wound object move...what Hrabal has created is an informal history of the indomitable Czech spirit. And perhaps...the human spirit" (The Times)
"First-hand experience informs Hrabal's work with a wonderful detail, irascibility and charm" (Los Angeles Times)
"Hrabal has invented some of the most memorable characters in world literature" (Los Angeles Times)
A European classic of comic literature
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