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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading i served the king of england new directions classic. Bohumil hrabal was born in 1914, near brnozidenice, moravia czech republic, but his childhood was spent in nymburk, where his stepfather worked as a brewery manager. Dohumil hrabal 19141997 was a czechoslovakian writer. I served the king of england, the czech republics entry for the 2008 academy awards, is very much a part of that pattern. The first edition of the novel was published in 1971, and was written by bohumil hrabal. Bohumil hrabal ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Publication date 1989 topics czechoslovakia history fiction.
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