Closely Observed Trains | 
pick#readaroundtheworld #czechrepublic This novella takes place near the German/Czech border at the end of WWII. Hrabal uses the simple language of fables to combine absurd yet touchingly human situations with the ghastliness and horrors of war. The Nazi are held accountable as are the average German citizens but young lovers, trains and pigeons round out this glimpse of Czech life.
panI hate to say this, since this book is considered a classic of Czech literature, I didn't like it. It's dark humor is just not my style. Or maybe it's because I read it tonight while trying not to stress over the election.
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#BookReport 26/20
Four books this week, all okay reads, nothing really special. But it may be me. Five star reads seem to get sparser each year. I‘m longing for one!
so-so“The more immorality and hedonism, the less cradles and the more coffins!”
Miloš Hrma is a railroad apprentice in German-occupied #Czechoslovakia who after a suicide attempt flees into fantasy to face a reality filled with cruelty. He thinks he may be impotent, but when his manhood is affirmed he shows himself to be a man who‘s able to stand up against the Nazis.
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pickRampant sexual miserableism in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia- but never mind that... trains! The author bio reads: “he fell to his death from the fifth floor of a Prague hospital, apparently trying to feed the pigeons”
I've decided to change up my reading this afternoon, and am going to knock out a few slim books. I now pronounce today "Stack Friday." ????
