by Bohumil Hrabal, Michael Henry Heim
It reminds me of a more acculturate and aware Fahrenheit 451, while Montag had to discover his mission and the importance of book and culture, the opening of Hanta's story is: For thirty-five years now I've been in wastepaper, and it's my love story. Hanta is long-winded like the other protagonist...
This is an irresistible journey through old town Prague, with Hanta, a man whose job is the crushing, ciompacting and recycling of paper, novels, letters, etc. He steals moments on his job, reading books and acquiring an odd sort of education, becoming quite familiar with the leading philosophers. H...
I finished reading then immediately started to hunt down books connected to it. Suddenly I have Dao De Jing for the "Heaven is not humane" quote, Immanuel Kant, and stoicism. The last one was the most surprising, especially since once I started reading I saw how my life has been influenced much by i...
کوتاه ولی فوق العاده و متفاوت!
I had been meaning to read Hrabal's classic novella for quite a while, but last night I finally picked it up. Instantly, I was transported to the world of Hantá in a crumbling Communist Prague. Hrabal combines lyrical descriptions of the pleasures - and the necessity - of reading, with surreal passa...
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