Bohumil Hrabal

Michael Henry Heim

An elderly rake and womanizer tells his life's story to a group of sunbathing women who remind him of past lovers. Entire story is written in one long sentence.

Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

Trevor Berrett

This ebullient, gallivanting novel encapsulates the world vision of the Czech Republic's best-loved author in one tumbling, breathtaking sentence. Saints and sinners, emperors and embezzlers, barmaids and balalaikas all play their part in the bawdy reminiscences of Hrabal's cobbler as he charms an audience of young beauties.

Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

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