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Closely watched trains

Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-19972017

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The year is 1945, the Germans have lost command of the air-space over a small Czech town, but it remains an important rail hub for them and certain key transport trains are nominated by the German high command for "close surveillance" to ensure that they are not delayed by signals failures or problems on the lines.

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Main title:

Closely watched trains / Bohumil Hrabal ; translated by Edith Pargeter.

Author:

Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997, authorPargeter, Edith, 1913-1995, translator

Work:

Closely watched trains

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Collation:

83 pages ; 20 cm.

Series title:

Penguin modern classics

Notes:

Text in English, translated from the Czech.This translation originally published as: A close watch on the trains. London: Jonathan Cape, 1968.Translated from the Czech.

ISBN:

9780241290224 (pbk)9780241290224 (paperback)

Dewey class:

891.86354

Language:

EnglishCzech

Added title:

Ostře sledované vlaky. English

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia -- FictionCzechoslovakia -- History -- 1938-1945 -- FictionNovellas

BRN:

778738