Una soledad demasiado ruidosa

Since 1985, Hanta has worked in a paper shredder destroying books and reproductions of paintings. In every sheet of paper he prepares, there are books, lithographs, trapped mice, and his own effort. For him, these books are more than just paper to press: they represent tons of knowledge that humanity has accumulated over the centuries and that Hanta has acquired through his work.

As he wanders around Prague, Hanta reflects on his life while pondering the teachings of great masters such as Lao Tse, Nietzsche, Hegel, or Kant. With his characteristic prose, Bohumil Hrabal crafts a fable in Una soledad demasiado ruidosa, written when his work was banned by the communist regime. This is a story about the sense of artistic and literary creation, love and solitude, creativity and destruction, as well as the cruelty of time.

This book tells the story of a man left on the fringes of society who observes his life with lucid tenderness. He embodies those who defy the time that has touched their lives. One of Hrabal's essential texts, which he claimed to have lived only for this book, is now available.