tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571739210516225885.post1768159050277753191..comments2024-03-23T03:55:59.905-04:00Comments on Once upon a Reading: Bohumil Hrabal, "Harlequin’s Millions. A fairy tale"Once upon a Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03172298370420513050noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571739210516225885.post-29852994266144255702023-10-19T22:20:50.380-04:002023-10-19T22:20:50.380-04:00Hello, nice blogHello, nice blogMiranda Riverahttps://mirandarivera.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571739210516225885.post-89132670058139436512018-04-18T08:21:23.364-04:002018-04-18T08:21:23.364-04:00Thank you for the update. Anyway, the beauty of th...Thank you for the update. Anyway, the beauty of the fiction is each reader his own (perception of) book. Once upon a Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172298370420513050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571739210516225885.post-53739608696286447192018-04-17T13:44:50.756-04:002018-04-17T13:44:50.756-04:00Hi,
No, it's really truly Hrabal himself speak...Hi,<br />No, it's really truly Hrabal himself speaking... I have it from reliable sources. :)<br />And: the nursing home/castle really exists, it's in Lysa nad Labem... I went there when doing research for the translation (it's amazing). Hrabal's mother spent her final years there, so yes, a tribute to her. Definitely!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11382404995823513092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571739210516225885.post-5380426689403724612017-08-15T08:38:03.978-04:002017-08-15T08:38:03.978-04:00Maybe, maybe not. I choose to think the narrator o...Maybe, maybe not. I choose to think the narrator only mimics the auctorial voice, for the reasons I've already mentioned above. Anyway, I followed your advice and re-read the last page, and I still found it superbly ambiguous. Thanks, anyway :D.<br />Once upon a Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172298370420513050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571739210516225885.post-49428323358643927522017-07-19T08:30:26.157-04:002017-07-19T08:30:26.157-04:00Look again: the text in italics is Hrabal himself ...Look again: the text in italics is Hrabal himself speaking! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11382404995823513092noreply@blogger.com