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Title: Why don't more Americans read Hrabal?
Review: A classic work, true to Hrabal's technique of penetrating deep into the psyche of a "little person," who is seemingly unimportant, but reflects a whole society. The ending of the book is different than the movie, with an amazing, and complex moment of acceptance and accusation both, as Czech and German lay dying together. Hrabal's symbolism compresses surreal poetry and social codes together, and like "Too Loud a Solitude" this slender book can say a lot more than many bigger ones.
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