 First self-published edition | |
| Author | Bohumil Hrabal |
|---|---|
| Original title | Příliš hlučná samota |
| Translator | Michael Henry Heim |
| Language | Czech |
| Genre | General Fiction – Political |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace (English) |
Publication date | 1976 |
| Publication place | Czechoslovakia |
Published in English | 1990 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 112 |
| ISBN | 0-15-190491-X |
Too Loud a Solitude (Czech: Příliš hlučná samota) is a short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. It was self-published in samizdat in 1976 and officially in Czechoslovakia in 1989 due to political censorship. It tells the story of an old man who works as a paper crusher in Prague, using his job to save and amass astounding numbers of rare and banned books; he is an obsessive collector of knowledge during an era of censorship. The book was translated into English by Michael Henry Heim in 1990.