The Death of Mr. Baltisberger by Hrabal, Bohumil - 2010

Northwestern University Press, 2010-11-30. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Northwestern Univ Pr, 2010. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 193 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Originally published as <i>The Death of Mr. Baltisberger</i>, the fourteen stories in Romance showcase the breadth of Bohumil Hrabal’s considerable gifts: his humor of the grotesque, his often surprising warmth, and his hard-edged, fast-paced style. In the story "Romance," a plumber’s apprentice and a gypsy girl reach toward a tentative connection across the chasm that separates their worlds. Another unlikely love story, "World Cafeteria," features a romance between a young man whose girlfriend has just committed suicide and a bride whose husband lands in jail on their wedding night. The tone turns to the absurd in "The Death of Mr. Baltisberger," where a crippled ex-motorcyclist and three people he meets at the track exchange wildly improbably reminiscences, while a fatal Grand Prix motorcycle race rages around them. Hrabal’s psychological insight into quotidian interactions… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.