Experimental narrative structure engages readers in a non-linear storytelling experience
critique of bureaucratic absurdity reflects postwar European disillusionment
Experimental animal experimentation subplot adds depth and irony
translated from the original Czech for authentic literary quality
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May 17, 2011 novel | pb | 167 pgs 5.5" x 8.5" 978-1-934824-34-4
"One of the major works of literature produced in postwar Europe. This brilliant book must be read." —New York Review of Books
A clerk at the State Bank begins to notice that something strange is going on— bank employees are stuffing their pockets with money every day, only to
