''Folks, life is beautiful! Bring on the drinks, I''m sticking around till I''m ninety! Do you hear?''

A young boy grows up in a sleepy Czech community where little changes. His raucous, mischievous Uncle Pepin came to stay with the family years ago, and never leftBut the outside world is encroaching on their close-knit town - first in the shape of German occupiers, and then with the new Communist order. Elegiac and moving, Bohumil Hrabal''s gem-like portrayal of the passing of an age is filled with wit, life and tenderness.

''What is unique about Hrabal is his capacity for joy'' Milan Kundera

''Even in a town where nothing happens, Hrabal''s meticulous and exuberant fascination with the human voice insists that, as long as there''s still breath in a body, life is endlessly eventful'' Independent

Format Häftad Omfång 128 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2017-06-29 ISBN 9780241290248