Hantá rescues books from the jaws of his compacting press and carries them home. Hrabal, whom Milan Kundera calls “our very best writer today,” celebrates the power and the indestructibility of the written word. Translated by Michael Henry Heim.

שם הספר
Closely observed trains.
I served the king of england
The little town where time stood still
La chevelure sacrifiee
Jarmilka