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I Served the King of England - Bohumil Hrabal

I Served the King of England - Bohumil Hrabal

Brand: Vintage Classic   |   Status: Còn hàng
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"What a hilarious book. Hrabal writes in an easy to read, lightly comic style, and also gives his character the tragedy they deserve when they need it. I was especially interested in this book's creating a sympathetic, capitalistic main character--a short man who wants to get rich as a way of overcoming his other deficiencies, and who deals with the challenges of Nazi and then Soviet domination--all while Hrabal was writing in the Eastern Bloc. The politics of this book are worth thinking about while you laugh and cry with its wonderful characters." - Amazon Customer Reviews

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRLWELL

''Our very best writer today'' Milan Kundera

Sparkling with comic genius and narrative exuberance, I Served the King of England is a story of how the unbelievable came true. Its remarkable hero, Ditie, is a hotel waiter who rises to become a millionaire and then loses it all again against the backdrop of events in Prague from the German invasion to the victory of Communism. Ditie''s fantastic journey intertwines the political and the personal in a narrative that both enlightens and entertains.