Cutting It Short
$27.85
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2017
Summary
Set in small-town Bohemia between the wars, Cutting It Short centres on the flamboyant and unpredictable Maryska, who loves food and prepares endless feasts. Until one day she scandalises the town when she cuts short her golden tresses, leading to a small revolution in gender roles.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241290262 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241290260 |
| Author: | Bohumil Hrabal |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 99g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 6mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil Hrabal (1914-1997) was born and raised in Brno in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After working as a railway labourer, insurance agent, travelling salesman, manual labourer, paper-packer and stagehand, he published a collection of poetry that was quickly withdrawn by the communist regime. He went on to become one of the most important and most admired Czech writers of the 20th century; his best-known books include I Served the King of England, Closely Watched Trains (made into an Academy Award-winning film directed by Jiri Menzel) and Too Loud a Solitude. He fell to his death from the fifth floor of a Prague hospital, apparently trying to feed the pigeons.
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