This ebullient, gallivanting novella encapsulates the world vision of the Czech Republic's best-loved author in one tumbling, breathtaking sentence.
An ageing man holds court, spinning a single, unbroken stream of stories about his life - loves won and lost, jobs taken and abandoned, moments of absurdity and chance. As he talks, the line between memory and invention begins to blur.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.
| ISBN: | 9781529986105 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2026 |
| Author: | Bohumil Hrabal |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | Brief Encounters |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Love and relationships Fiction in translation Humorous Fiction |
This ebullient, gallivanting novella encapsulates the world vision of the Czech Republic's best-loved author in one tumbling, breathtaking sentence.
An ageing man holds court, spinning a single, unbroken stream of stories about his life - loves won and lost, jobs taken and abandoned, moments of absurdity and chance. As he talks, the line between memory and invention begins to blur.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Fiction in translation, Humorous Fiction
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age is available in Paperback, Ebook
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age was written by Bohumil Hrabal and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age has 176 pages
Yes it is part of Brief Encounters series
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