Too Loud a Solitude
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- Synopsis
- From Powells.com: This slim little volume is packed with symbolic elements. Hantá, a small man and quintessential dreck-hero, spends his life in a dank cellar where all manner of wastepaper (bloody butcher paper, paint-splattered wallpaper, gorgeous leather-bound tomes) rains down on him from a hole in the street above. While a bitter war between brown and white rats rages in the sewer below, Hantá pushes the red and green buttons of his hydraulic press. Though each bale is a work of art lovingly created, Hantá wonders at the karmic implications of his having crushed so many mice in the course of doing his work. Bohumil Hrabal's use of repeating phrasing and vivid imagery create such a lyrical and moving experience that you'll find yourself rereading many passages again and again.
- Copyright:
- 1990
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 105 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780151904914
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 10/22/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Kathleen Martin
- Proofread By:
- Kathleen Martin
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.