 First edition | |
| Author | Bohumil Hrabal |
|---|---|
| Original title | Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále |
| Translator | Paul Wilson |
| Language | Czech |
| Publisher | Jazzová sekce |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | Czechoslovakia |
Published in English | 1989 |
| Pages | 188 (Czech first edition) 241 (English first edition) |
| ISBN | 9788071101215 |
| OCLC | 469470001 |
| 891.8/635 (English translation) | |
| LC Class | PG5039.18.R2 O2713 1990 (English translation) |
| Text | I Served the King of England at Internet Archive |
I Served the King of England (Czech: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) is a novel by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in Prague in the 1940s, during the Nazi occupation and early communism, and follows a young man who alternately gets into trouble and has successes. Hrabal wrote the book during a period of censorship in the early 1970s. It began circulating in 1971,[1] and was formally published in 1983. It was adapted into a 2006 film with the same title, directed by Jiří Menzel, a noted director of the Czech New Wave.
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