Czech Centre Stockholm
The Czech Centre in Stockholm was established in 1997 and is a part of the worldwide Czech Centres network. It disposes a multifunctional hall with a capacity of fifty visitors, an information centre with a library and a video renting service. The centre hosts exhibitions, film screenings, concerts, forums and lectures.
Bohumil Hrabal: Cutting It Short/ Postřižiny
Translation: Mats Larsson
One of the most famous novels by Bohumil Hrabal tells a story about a beautiful wife of a brewery custodian, their distinctive uncle Pepin and about life in a small town of Nymburk during the times of major industrial discoveries.
Bohumil Hrabal: Harlekýnovy miliony/ Harlekins millioner
Translation: Mats Larsson
Harlekynovi miliony is the last part of the so called Nymburk trilogy which depicts Hrabal’s family as a part of which we see a charming mother, a slightly eccentric father and uncle Pepin. We meet them in their old age deprived from their former joys and concerns alike. Touched, we follow them in an entirely different world into which they retired.
Bomunil Hrabal: Krasosmutnění / Den ljuva sorgen
Translation: Mats Larsson
Hrabal’s Krasosmutnění is in the same manner as the previous prose Postřižiny a poetic return to the time of youth and prime.
Bohumil Hrabal: Letters to Dubenka/ Dopisy Dubence
Translation: Mats Larsson
Hrabal’s Dopisy Dubence is a torrent of memories interconnected with philosophical deliberations and commentaries.
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