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Too Loud a Solitude

Name: Too Loud a Solitude
Author: Bohumil Hrabal

Bohumil Hrabal Original title Příliš hlučná samota (Czech, 1976)

Too Loud a Solitude 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.

“I can be by myself because I'm never lonely; I'm simply alone, living in my heavily populated solitude, a harum-scarum of infinity and eternity, and Infinity and Eternity seem to take a liking to the likes of me.”

Bohumil Hrabal book Too Loud a Solitude

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