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Item Details
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A BOHEMIAN YOUTH
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| By: |
Josef Hirsal, Michael Henry Heim (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£19.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0810115921 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780810115927 |
| Publisher: |
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
29 December, 1997 |
| Edition: |
Translated ed. |
| Series: |
Writings from an Unbound Europe S. |
| Pages: |
81 |
| Translated from: |
Czech |
| Description: |
A romp through the life of a young man born into a Bohemian peasant family, told in five parts. It begins with "a word to the wise", followed by the text proper, and is then followed by notes. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner, 1998 PEN Center USA West Award for Translation Josef Hirsal's experimental novel is a Dada-like romp through the life of a young man born into a Bohemian peasant family. Told in five parts, A Bohemian Youth begins with a word to the wise, moves on to the text, continues with notes and with notes to the note, and ends with a note on the notes to the notes. More than just a tongue-in-cheek parody of a literary memoir, A Bohemian Youth is a glimpse of the First Czechoslovak Republic as seen through the eyes of a young peasant from the provinces. Abounding in intimate details--the manners of a servant girl, the habits of the town homosexual, the sounds of popular music; the way people eat in wartime--Hirsal's novel is a wrenching and hilarious tale of a young man's emotional and sexual awakening. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Northwestern University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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