C.J. Hribal: The Intimate Distance of Bohumil Hrabal (January 2017)

Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal referred to his writing style as “palavering”; critic James Wood calls it “anecdote without end.” Hrabal’s narratives move forward through narrators who just keep talking, spilling all their (and other people’s) secrets.  C. J. Hribal’s lecture provides a comprehensive introduction to Hrabal’s work and his highly idiosyncratic style.