Closely Watched Trains - by Bohumil Hrabal

Dear Book Club friends

In July we will meet to discuss the book "Closely Watched Trains" by Bohumil Hrabal, selected by Antoinette.

Important note for first-time attendees: if you decide to attend, the group expects you to have read the book and present your opinion.

Here a short description from Goodreads.com:

"Bohumil Hrabal's post-war classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovakia is among his most beloved and accessible works. Closely Watched Trains is the subtle and poetic portrait of Miloš Hrma, a timid young railroad apprentice who insulates himself with fantasy against a reality filled with cruelty and grief. Day after day as he watches trains fly by, he torments himself with the suspicion that he himself is being watched and with fears of impotency. Hrma finally affirms his manhood and, with a sense of peace and purpose he has never known before, heroically confronts a trainload of Nazis."

If you are unable to participate, kindly cancel your attendance in time.
No-shows from past activities are tracked.

PLEASE NOTE: As we are meeting in a café/restaurant, all attendees are expected to order something.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Munich Book Group