Too Loud a Solitude

Too Loud a Solitude

1976 novel by Bohumil Hrabal
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Too Loud a Solitude (Czech: Příliš hlučná samota) is a short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. Self-published in 1976 and officially in 1989 due to political censorship. It tells the story of an old man who works as a paper crusher in Prague, using his job to save and amass astounding numbers of rare and banned books; he is an obsessive collector of knowledge. The book was translated into English by Michael Henry Heim.

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Příliš hlučná samota
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace (English)
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Publication date
1976
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1990
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Print
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Pages
112
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