Dancing lessons for the advanced in age /

Dancing lessons for the advanced in age /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997.
Uniform title:	Taneční hodiny pro starší a pokročilé. English
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Harcourt Brace, ©1995.
Description:	117 pages ; 18 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Harvest book Harvest book. Archives of Czechs and Slovaks Abroad.
Subject:	Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction. Shoemakers -- Fiction. Conduct of life -- Fiction. Conduct of life. Reminiscing in old age. Shoemakers. Czechoslovakia -- Fiction. Czechoslovakia. Experimental fiction. Experimental fiction. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 2 forms part of the Archives of Czechs and Slovaks Abroad. Includes original dust-jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1842114

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Other authors / contributors:	Heim, Michael Henry.
ISBN:	0151238103 9780151238101 0156002329 9780156002325
Summary:	A Czech novel written in one long sentence. Its protagonist is an old shoemaker who approaches several women on a beach and proceeds to regale them with stories from his life, some wise, some funny, some wicked. By the author of Closely Watched Trains.

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Summary:	An old man, a shoemaker who once wore a pince-nez and carried a stick with a silver mounting because he wanted to look like a composer, tells the story of his life to six youn, beautiful women basking in the sun. One drunken thought triggers another. Amorous conquests alternate with sundry mishaps and in the exuberant telling acquire the same weight and substance as earth-shattering events. To say nothing of the historical perspective, which the self-styled "engineer of human feet" bends atrandom to suit his mood. Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age displays the inimitable Czech master at his playful best.<br>
Physical Description:	117 pages ; 18 cm.
ISBN:	0151238103 9780151238101 0156002329 9780156002325