Cutting It Short Penguin Modern Classics PBohumil Hrabal, James Naughton
Cutting It Short Penguin Modern Classics PBohumil Hrabal, James Naughton As I crammed the cream horn voraciously into my mouth, at once I heard Francins voice saying that no decent woman would eat a…
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Cutting It Short Penguin Modern Classics PBohumil Hrabal, James Naughton
As I crammed the cream horn voraciously into my mouth, at once I heard Francins voice saying that no decent woman would eat a cream puff like that In a quiet town where not much happens, Maryska, the flamboyant brewers wife, stands out. She butchers pigs. She cuts her skirt short so that she can ride her bicycle, her golden hair flying out behind her.
And when the garrulous ranconteur Uncle Pepin comes to visit the locals are scandalized even further, in Bohumil Hrabals affecting, exuberant portrayal of a small central European community between the wars. She drinks and eats with relish. One of the greatest European prose writers Philip Roth Hrabal combines good humour and hilarity with tenderness Observer