Bohumil Hrabal, Closely Watched Trains. Miloš Hama is a young railroad apprentice in wartime Czechoslovakia. But he has other things on his mind besides the war - losing his virginity, gossip at the railway station… A touching and humorous portrait of a sympathetic character by a Czech master. Raw Reading is a new study group. […]
Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These. Keegan’s novella about the infamous Magdalen laundries and the capacity of an ordinary person for heroism is becoming a Christmas classic alongside Dickens. In a short space, we are taken to a vividly memorable world where we witness the heights and depths of human nature. Raw Reading is a […]
Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These. Keegan’s novella about the infamous Magdalen laundries and the capacity of an ordinary person for heroism is becoming a Christmas classic alongside Dickens. In a short space, we are taken to a vividly memorable world where we witness the heights and depths of human nature. Raw Reading is a […]
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