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The Death of Mr. Baltisberger

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The Death of Mr. Baltisberger

Translated by Michael Heim

Bohumil Hrabal

Too Loud a Solitude

Bohumil Hrabal

The main character in this story works and lives as a kind of subterranean paper crusher in Prague. Hrabal leads us along the bizarre and lasting corridors of his mind and world. Truly memorable. —Recommended by Maia, City Lights Books