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Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

Name: Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age
Author: Bohumil Hrabal

Bohumil Hrabal Original title Taneční hodiny pro starší a pokročilé (Czech, 1964)

Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age is a 1964 novel by the Czechoslovak writer Bohumil Hrabal. It tells the story of a man who recounts various events from his past, and in particular his love life. The novel is written in one long sentence.

“No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out.”

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