Hrabal, Bohumil
The Tender Barbarian: Pedagogic Texts (Image to Word)
- ISBN 13:
- 9788086264523
- author:
- Hrabal, Bohumil
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Twisted Spoon Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 180
- Dimensions:
- 20 x 17 x 2 centimetres (0.47 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, General, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Tender Barbarian Pedagogic Texts by Bohumil Hrabal and Vladimír Boudník is a unique collection of texts that pay homage to their deceased friend, Vladimír Boudník. This work is also a fictionalized account of their life in 1950s Prague, with Egon Bondy as the foil and dialectical antithesis. The book explores the contrasting approaches of its two protagonists: Hrabal's Total Realism and Boudník's Explosionalism. Boudník is portrayed as a naive artist who finds a state of grace naturally, while Bondy struggles to achieve this through philosophical study. The interplay between these two figures forms the dialectic that drives the narrative. This book is a testament to an era and a group of friends who lived for art, finding beauty even in difficult circumstances. It offers a compelling insight into their lives and relationships, and is a fascinating read for anyone interested in this period and its cultural landscape.
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