Harlequin's Millions : A Novel

Author: Bohumil Hrabal Title: Harlequin's Millions (translated by Knecht 2014) Genre: Fiction, Literature, Translated Publisher: Archipelago Books Identifier: 9781935744443, 9780981955735, asin:B00B6U8FYG Grade: retail Length: 193 pages Paperback, 313 pages Published: 1981 Edition: Archipelago Books (2014) Translated from the Czech by: Stacey Knecht (2014) Harlequin's Millions A Fairy Tale is peopled with eccentric, unforgettable inhabitants of a home for the elderly who reminisce about their lives and their changing country. Written with a keen eye for the absurd and sprinkled with dialogue that captures the poignancy of the everyday, this novel allows us into the mind of an elderly woman coming to terms with the passing of time. In this moving, absorbing novel, we meet the eccentric residents of a home for the elderly who reminisce about their lives and their changing country. Written with a keen eye for the absurd and peppered with dialogue that captures the poignancy of the everyday, Harlequin's Millions is a sensual delight. "Czechoslovakia's greatest living writer." —Milan Kundera Jul 2023 - epub verified by zardox. By the writer Milan Kundera called Czechoslovakia's greatest contemporary writer comes a novel (now in English for the first time) peopled with eccentric, unforgettable inhabitants of a home for the elderly who reminisce about their lives and their changing country. Written with a keen eye for the absurd and sprinkled with dialogue that captures the poignancy of the everyday, this novel allows us into the mind of an elderly woman coming to terms with the passing of time. Praise for Too Loud a Solitude : "Short, sharp and eccentric. Sophisticated, thought-provoking and pithy." — Spectator "Unmissable, combines extremes of comedy and seriousness, plus pathos, slapstick, sex and violence all stirred into one delicious brew." — The Guardian "In imaginative riches and sheer exhilaration it offers more than most books twice its size. At once tender and scatological, playful and sombre, moving and irresistibly funny." — The Independent on Sunday Praise for I Served the King of England : "A joyful, picaresque story, which begins with Baron Munchausen-like adventures and ends in tears and solitude." — James Wood, The London Review of Books "A comic novel of great inventiveness ... charming, wise, and sad—and an unexpectedly good laugh." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "An extraordinary and subtly tragicomic novel." — The New York Times " Dancing Lessons unfurls as a single, sometimes maddening sentence. The gambit works. Something about that slab of wordage carries the eye forward, promising an intensity simply unattainable by your regularly punctuated novel." —Ed Park, The New York Times Book Review "Czechoslovakia's greatest living writer." Milan Kundera In this moving, absorbing novel, we meet the eccentric residents of a home for the elderly who reminisce about their lives and their changing country. Written with a keen eye for the absurd and peppered with dialogue that captures the poignancy of the everyday, Harlequin's Millions is a sensual delight. Bohumil Hrabal (19141997) worked as a railway dispatcher during the Nazi occupation of then-Czechoslovakia, a traveling salesman, a steelworker, a recycling mill worker, and a stagehand. His novels were censored under the Communist regime and have since been translated into nearly thirty languages. By The Writer Whom Milan Kundera Called Czechoslovakia's Greatest Contemporary Writer Comes A Novel (now In English For The First Time) Peopled With Eccentric, Unforgettable Inhabitants Of A Home For The Elderly Who Reminisce About Their Lives And Their Changing Country. Written With A Keen Eye For The Absurd And Sprinkled With Dialogue That Captures The Poignancy Of The Everyday, This Novel Allows Us Into The Mind Of An Elderly Woman Coming To Terms With The Passing Of Time-- Bohumil Hrabal ; Translated From The Czech By Stacey Knecht. "By the writer whom Milan Kundera called Czechoslovakia's greatest contemporary writer comes a novel (now in English for the first time) peopled with eccentric, unforgettable inhabitants of a home for the elderly who reminisce about their lives and their changing country. Written with a keen eye for the absurd and sprinkled with dialogue that captures the poignancy of the everyday, this novel allows us into the mind of an elderly woman coming to terms with the passing of time. -- Provided by publisher