I Served The King Of England

Autor: Bohumil Hrabal
Wydawnictwo: Vintage
Indeks:
9781529976472

53,90 zł

'Our very best writer today' Milan KunderaDitie is a pint-sized hotel waiter with big dreams. Between pocketing stolen change from unsuspecting customers and reminiscing on nights spent at the local brothel, he fantasises about his immense - and imagined - riches.Then, ludicrously, Ditie`s dreams start to become reality. Yet while his chaotic adventures lead him to ever more glamorous hotels, beyond the sparkling dining halls, the forces of twentieth-century European history march on. A whirlwind of comic genius, a gut-punch of narrative power, this is the story of one small man`s rise and fall – or fall and rise – against the shadowy backdrop of Europe`s darkest days. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRLWELL`An extraordinary and subtly tragicomic novel` New York Times `Hrabal bounces and floats... with a gusting humour and a hushed tenderness of detail` Julian Barnes `A joyful, picaresque story, which begins with Baron Munchausen-like adventures and ends in tears and solitude.` James Wood