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The Resource Closely watched trains, Bohumil Hrabal ; translated by Edith Pargeter ; with a foreword by Josef Škvorecký

Closely watched trains, Bohumil Hrabal ; translated by Edith Pargeter ; with a foreword by Josef Škvorecký

Label
Closely watched trains
Title
Closely watched trains
Statement of responsibility
Bohumil Hrabal ; translated by Edith Pargeter ; with a foreword by Josef Škvorecký
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • cze
  • eng
Summary
Tells the story of Milos Hrma, a young railway junior dispatcher and signalman returning to work at a minor but strategically important Czech railway station. Milos has been away for three months, recuperating from a suicide attempt, and is warmly welcomed back by Station Master Lansky and Dispatcher Hubicka. The year is 1945, the Germans have lost command of the air-space over the 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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Cataloging source
DLC
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Ostře sledované vlaky
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1914-1997
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Hrabal, Bohumil
Dewey number
891.8/635
Index
no index present
Language note
Translated from the Czech
LC call number
PG5039.18.R2
LC item number
O813 1995
Literary form
fiction
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  • 1913-1995
  • 1924-2012
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  • Pargeter, Edith
  • Škvorecký, Josef
Series statement
European classics
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Czechoslovakia
Label
Closely watched trains, Bohumil Hrabal ; translated by Edith Pargeter ; with a foreword by Josef Škvorecký
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm32049611
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
xix, 85 pages
Isbn
9780810112780
Lccn
95001209
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)32049611
Label
Closely watched trains, Bohumil Hrabal ; translated by Edith Pargeter ; with a foreword by Josef Škvorecký
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm32049611
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
xix, 85 pages
Isbn
9780810112780
Lccn
95001209
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)32049611

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