Hrabal's postwar classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovakia is among his most popular works. Milos Hrma is a timid railroad apprentice who insulates himself with fantasy against a reality filled with cruelty and grief. After receiving acclaim as a novel, Closely Watched Trains was made into a successful film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film of 1967.
- ISBN13 9780810112780
- Publish Date 30 March 1995
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 May 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Northwestern University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 85
- Language English