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A classic of postwar literature a small masterpiece of humour humanity and heroism from one of the best Czech writersFor twenty-two-year-old Milos bumbling apprentice at a sleepy Czech railway station life is full of worries his burdensome virginity his love for the pretty conductor Masha the scandalous goings-on in the station master's office Beside them the part he will come to play against the occupying Germans seems a simple affair in Bohumil Hrabal's touching absurd masterpiece of humour humanity and heroism Closely Watched Trains which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the 'Prague Spring' is a masterpiece that fully justifies Hrabal's reputation as one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century
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A classic of postwar literature a small masterpiece of humour humanity & heroism from one of the best Czech writers For twenty-two-year-old Milos bumbling apprentice at a sleepy Czech railway station life is full of worries his burdensome virginity his love for the pretty conductor Masha the scandalous goings-on in the station master's office Beside them the part he will come to play against the occupying Germans seems a simple affair in Bohumil Hrabal's touching absurd masterpiece of humour humanity & heroism Closely Watched Trains which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the ' Prague Spring' is a masterpiece that fully justifies Hrabal's reputation as one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century

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