Book Description
A comic, picaresque novel set against the backdrop of twentieth-century Czech history, about the rise and fall of an ambitious busboy in Prague.
Customer Reviews:
"I was always lucky in my bad luck.".......2007-07-03
First published and distributed secretly during the 1980s in Czechoslovakia, this tragicomic novel by Bohumil Hrabal is a first-person account by Ditie, a teenage busboy at a rural hotel who progresses to waiter, and eventually to successful hotel owner before his fall when the communists take over. The picaresque plot serves as the framework for a series of often hilarious stories about the people Ditie works with, the lives they have led, the values they maintain, their hopes for the future, and the sometimes large chasm between their dreams and reality.
Set in rural hotels, in German camps during their occupation of Czechoslovakia, and in Prague, where Ditie served, not the King of England, but Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, the novel concludes at the "end of the road," where Ditie resides with his horse, goat, and cat, living on his memories and writing his autobiography--this book.
Ditie is a charming story-teller, using the casual, almost innocent language of a young boy at the beginning and becoming philosophical and contemplative by the end. Hrabal's sensitivity to small details and his accurate depiction of real people responding to real situations in sometimes odd and often darkly humorous ways make this sometimes satiric novel a delight to read. Ribald and rowdy in his descriptions of his own sexual awakening and in the stories of his customers' peccadillos, Ditie maintains his dignity when he describes the important people with whom he comes into contact--the headwaiter who "served the King of England," the President of Czechoslovakia, and eventually Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, for whom Ditie is personal waiter.
The novel takes a new, darker turn, when Ditie marries a German woman and leaves Prague to live in the mountains--at a breeding station the Germans have established to develop a "refined race of humans." Lise, his wife, travels widely for the Reich, once returning from Warsaw with a suitcase full of valuable stamps, confiscated from Jews, which guarantee their financial future. Their lives are less secure, however, and Ditie eventually dissociates himself from the Germans and tries to re-establish a life of his own, this time as the owner of a Czech hotel built with the proceeds from the sale of the stamps.
By turns hilarious and poignant, satiric and sensitive, the novel depicts many aspects of Czech society and culture, but it is, above all, the story of Ditie, in many ways a Czech everyman. With symbolism throughout, and a repeating character, Zdenek, the headwaiter who "served the King of England," who appears at every crossroads in Ditie's life, the novel is more than a comic romp. A record of a time, place, and culture, it is also Ditie's meditation on his life and his role, if any, in the wider world. Soon to be released as a major film by Academy Award-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel, who also directed the film version of Bohumil Hrabal's Closely Watched Trains, this novel deserves to find a wide, long-overdue audience. n Mary Whipple
Too Good To Be True, Therefore Better Than True.......2006-11-21
This is a fantastic novel - both literally and in the colloquial sense of that word when it is used as a hyperbolic form of praise; in this instance the praise is merited. Originally published in Czech in 1971, I Served the King of England certainly qualifies Hrabal to be considered as eminent a practitioner of "magic realism" as Gabriel Garcia Marquez or, for that matter, the Gunter Grass of The Tin Drum. If this places the author in elevated literary company, he has earned his place there.
The story begins as a picaresque autobiography of the narrator, the runt "Ditie" who recounts his adventures as a busboy and waiter in Prague and elsewhere. Amazing and awe-inspiring things happen throughout the young man's career, often involving unlikely candidates (waiters, hotel owners, traveling salesmen) for the performance of outrageous or admirable deeds. Ditie is always game for adventures, especially of an erotic nature, and his lavish descriptions of the anatomy and enthusiastic love-making of his favorite prostitutes and other girlfriends is sensually arousing while touching and humorous at the same time (an erection with a heart of gold, wreathed in flowers. as it were.) The story takes a grimmer turn when he falls in love with Lise, a Bohemian German gym-instructor who is even more diminutive than he is. He becomes her knight-errant in a situation of deteriorating relationships between Czechs and Germans as the war approaches, and in his haste to defend his lady-love's honor he turns away from his countrymen in their time of need and oppression, a decision which eventually comes to haunt and discomfit him. This leads to their marriage and his subsequent odd career as a despised waiter at a Nazi "Lebensborn" resort for young women programmatically impregnated by warrior-studs. To the music of Wagner and under the banner of duty to produce a specimen of the Teutonic New Man, he and his wife conceive a stunted, retarded child. At the war's end his wife wends her way heavenward (hellward? Or perhaps just into the ground) courtesy of an Allied bomb, and Ditie has the chance to return to his beloved venue of hotel-and-restaurant in Prague. He is not received warmly by his old colleagues, but manages to create a unique hotel in an abandoned foundry on the grounds of a quarry, using as his capital a fortune Lise looted from Polish Jews during her war service. With his stained wealth and an uneasy conscience he creates a sort of dreamy hotelier's paradise, which is soon doomed to destruction by the new political regime. There is a hilarious interlude at a newly established Communist Party "prison/reform camp" for millionaires, where the prisoners and their guards (all former miners who miss their old job) become interchangeable and totally confused about what is expected from whom - it's a wonderful parody of Lenin's who-whom rhetorical question. Throughout these adventures Ditie has been driven by the desire to become a very rich man, because as a youth he thought that rich men lived the most admirable and rewarding lives; he also desires the admiration of other rich men, especially those from the ranks of the hotel owners. After he realizes this dream he watches it go sour and be crushed. When he is released from the millionaires' prison, things take a final turn for the worse for Ditie, but only in the most superficial sense, because in his new life as an almost totally isolated rural road repairman (he has four animal companions) he discovers a kind of pantheistic tranquility and an impulse to recreate and reconsider his life by writing it all down -- the "arc" of his story is now "from-rags-to-riches-to-rags-again", with the final rags being the frowsy but durable mantle of a self-made philosopher.
The way the story is told - the characterizations and especially the language of Ditie the narrator - is as important as the tall tales themselves. This raises a tricky point. The irascible but occasionally brilliant F. Nietzsche once made the observation that "it is neither the best nor the worst" of a language which is untranslatable, implying that there is a vast range of thought and expression in the "middle" of this spectrum in which deeper meanings and emotional overtones depend upon the unique subtleties of each language and are therefore beyond translation. In a brief after-note the translator, Paul Wilson, writes, "Bohumil Hrabal's work, Czechs say, is untranslatable. This book is my response to that challenge." I don't know how truly bilingual readers evaluate his effort, but for English-language readers I can say that Wilson's translation is much more than serviceable -- it is direct, colloquial, jaunty, funny, and poetic and reflective when it needs to be. It creates a vibrant voice which the reader who does not speak Czech hopes is an authentic mirror of the original. It is definitely a voice you want to listen to, compelling and amusing. Mr. Wilson should be praised for this.
While I feel the above review does the book some justice, I also know that it is impossible to capture its animation and warmth in a brief sketch. How do I know that? Because I have read the work of the man who wrote about Ditie, the Man Who Served the Emperor of Ethiopia, and who himself was instructed by Skrivanek, the Man Who Served the King of England, and, once they -- we -- have been chosen for such estimable parts and acquitted themselves well, people like that just know certain things, don't they?
Fellini-esque..........2006-09-17
Ditie is the modest protagonist of this quirky, anecdotal fable set amid the backdrop of 20th century Czech history.
Hrabal's writing is detailed, and has a rolling, dreamlike rhythm that is fiercely engaging, and the novel holds up to repeat readings very well.
I was pleasantly reminded of certain Fellini films - Hrabal similarly blends fantasy and the wooziness of memory with stark and sometimes nasty historical events.
Recommended.
-David Alston
Funny, bittersweet personal narrative of Czech man in turbulent times.......2005-11-25
Generally speaking, I don't enjoy novels translated into English as much of the eloquence and humor is lost in translation. However, I really liked this book by Bohumil Hrabal (translated by Paul Wilson). Although the book is based on the rise and fall of a fictional person, the historical background is real enough. We trace the personal history of a young man named Dite (which means child in Czech). The story begins during Czechoslovakia's first republic, the nation's golden age. Dite is working as a lowly busboy, but he has dreams and is ambitious. We are with him when he loses his virginity at the local bordello and meets his first love. Dite, always on the lookout to improve his wealth and status, takes a new job at a very prestigious elite hotel, where he meets a whole host of fascinating characters.
Unfortunately, he loses his job, but lands a new one at the swank Paris Hotel in Prague (still exists by the way). He falls in love with a Czech citizen of German ethnicity - unfortunately in 1938 when the Germans had seized the Sudetenland and some Czechs had become extremely hostile toward all ethnic Germans. (Czechs have a long history of being occupied/exploited and are consequently xenophobic.) His girlfriend Lise is attacked by an angry Czech group, and Dite seeths with anger. The tables are turned, however, when the German army occupies Prague later that year, and Dite and Lise are being served by now subservient Czechs. Dite, despite being Czech, is nominally accepted into the ethnic-German community.
His life begins taking a surrealistic turn when he lives in a Nazi-designated breeding town, Decin. Though once passionately in love with Lise, they are drawn apart as the pressures of war and Nazi ideology separate them. Typically, despite this, they have a little boy, which Dite later discovers to be somewhat retarded. When the war comes crashing through Bohemia, Dite's life with Lise lies in ruins, and he is jailed first by the Nazis and then by the Czechs. After many months in prison, he is released and is determined to start a new life.
Dite takes all the substantial savings he has accumulated over the years and invests it in a rather fantastic idea for a hotel. His idea takes off and is hugely successful. Unfortunately, fate deals him another cruel hand as the communists come to power in 1948. Inexplicably, he turns himself in to be imprisoned with all the other successful bourgeois hotel owners he has worked for. After his stint in a monastery prison, he is exiled to the now-depopulated Sudetenland to work as a roadkeeper on a road going nowhere.
The beginning of the book is fun, racy, and exciting, but as the book continues it becomes more sober, introspective, and melancholic - much like the life of an average man I suppose. Hrabal does a wonderful job of bringing characters to life and revealing much of the humor and sadness of everyday Czech life.
Delightful.......2005-03-02
Jaroslav Hasek meets Haruki Murakami in Kundera Land. That makes it sound derivative, but it isn't. By turns funny, erotic, sad and nasty. Smashing.
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- ANOTHER GREAT TRILOGY - OF THE SLATER BROTHERS
- Great story...
- Promising story, but it fell flat
- Heather Graham delivers another hit!
- A little too simple, conflict lacking
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Dark Stranger
Heather Graham
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Book Description
A stranger came riding. . .
Kristin McCahy was a fighter, struggling to keep the remnants of her family and ranch together as the Civil War raged around them. On the day when all hope seemed lost, a stranger rode to her rescue, his guns spitting fire and his eyes ablaze with a passion only she could quench.
His name was Cole Slater, and with him by her side, Kristin no longer had to fight her battles alone. Long after the gunfire faded into silence, Cole would be with her, as together they healed the wounds of their war-torn land and raised their children to greet the bright new dawn.
Customer Reviews:
ANOTHER GREAT TRILOGY - OF THE SLATER BROTHERS.......2007-08-18
Cole Slater is out for revenge and nothing is going to stop him.
That is until he saves and meets Kristin McCahy.
Zeke Moreau is a killer and rapist of the worst kind. He enjoys their pain. And he wants Kristin and he doesn't like being spurned, especially in front of his men.
Kristin and her sister hated Zeke because he and his gang had murdered their father, Gabriel McCahy.
She knew that she had to protect her 17 year old sister, Shannon from the maurading men. Even though she was only 18 herself. [Both girls were accurate shots and well trained in the use of guns.]
Her brother, Matthew had taken off and joined the Union Army. She was bound and determined to hold onto their ranch for Matthew no matter what it took. To help her was the freed slaves of her father, Samson and Delilah and their small child.
Cole knew that he had to move on before the trail got cold but maybe he could stop for a day or two and get a good meal. And this beautiful blonde gal was willing to make a proposition. Yup! he was willing to accept, but it would be by his rules.
With all their fighting and arguing it sure took them quite a while to figure out that they loved one another.
And the only way Cole could get Quantrill to rein in Zeke was to marry Kristin. Quantrill promised Cole that the McCahy girls would have his protection.
Then the Union Army stepped in.
The second part titled "The Lover" was a bit dragged out with all the emotional hang-ups before we began to see some real action again. Ah, but then Cole had to leave and so he called in his brothers, Malachi and Jamie who was only 20 years old. Never did get a take on Malachi's age.
All of this action starts in the summer of 1862.
Cole had a definite problem when he found out that Kristin had born him a son and not told him she was pregnant.
When he found Fitz he brought more trouble on himself and his brothers and of course his wife and sister-in-law.
This is an excellent story except for the dragging spots of the seductions, when I want action of the breath-stopping kind. Danger and romance go together but not prolonged emotional hang-ups. She just jumps in with both feet and hang the consequences.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED [M] Shannon and Malachi's story follow in RIDES A HERO [1865] with Jamie's story follows that in APACHE SUMMER [1870]. Happy reading!
Great story..........2006-01-26
This book for me was a turn on I LOVE the story line the dark stranger and the plot of it. I thought Cole was sexy strong breathtaking and just a good man, Kristin is a lovable heroine doing what she has to do for her family.. Great love scenes and i think if you like historical romance novels (civil war) then this is for you and the thing is i'm not much of a civil war romance person....
Promising story, but it fell flat.......2006-01-19
Reading an immediate love scene before any romantic tension is created always makes me feel like I'm outside of the story. It had potential, but I just didn't dig it.
Heather Graham delivers another hit!.......2004-08-24
Ms. Graham proves once again that she's a master of Civil War fiction with "Dark Stranger." Set against a usually-ignored theater of the war - Missouri - this novel seethes with sexual tension as well as the dark horror of the war. Missouri suffered the ravages of Quantrill's raiders and Lane's butchers, and Graham's heroine is caught in the crossfire. Graham easily achieves the usually-impossible task of creating a sympathetic hero from the nearly-savage and ruthless Cole by painting a vivid picture of the personal suffering so many men and women experienced in this war, and embodies the desperation of the women left to survive alone in heroine Kristin.
Ms. Graham's knowledge of the period is flawless and she blends history seamlessly into her story. Refreshing to see Civil War fiction that wasn't either sloppily researched, overpowering in detail, or overly burdened with attempts to be politically correct.
Bravo, Ms. Graham. Also recommend her "One Wore Blue" and "One Wore Gray."
A little too simple, conflict lacking.......2004-08-15
It was a pleasure to read Dark Stranger. Even though the beginning is slow and nothing much happened except Kristin and Cole both wanting and hating each other, the second part of the book was a great read. I enjoy this book more than Runaway because Dark Stranger skipped most of the dull history. One thing I would criticize is the simplicity of the ending. There is not much meat and the conflict is resolved much quicker than I thought. A good ending, in my opinion, tightens a reader's breath, releases it, then tightens at least one more tme before everything is resolved, and this ending definitely does not fit my perspective of an ideal ending. I suggest the antagionist having revived when everybody thinks that he is dead, then the story would be much better. Nevertheless, very well-written......
Book Description
For centuries, the love-struck, lovesick, and lovelorn have consulted the tarot-a tradition still thriving today. Tall Dark Stranger makes it easy for anyone to explore matters of the heart through tarot.
Corrine Kenner's tour of the tarot begins with its colorful, romantic history. She goes on to describe the deck itself-explaining its structure, suits, symbolism, archetypes, and astrological associations-while relating its special significance in love and relationships. The second part of the book is devoted to the nitty-gritty of tarot readings: choosing a deck, preparing for a reading, asking appropriate questions, timing events, and interpreting cards and spreads. By the end of the book, readers will have a powerful edge in conquering the ever-mysterious ways of love.
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A Note from the Author.......2005-06-25
If you've ever wondered what the cards hold in store for you - especially when it comes to relationships - you're just the person I had in mind when I wrote "Tall Dark Stranger: Tarot for Love and Romance."
For centuries, the love-struck, the lovesick, and the lovelorn have consulted the tarot with questions about love and romance. The cards are a time-honored tool for exploring romantic relationships - and my book can help you use that tool to its fullest.
With a copy of "Tall Dark Stranger" at your side (or on your lap), you'll learn how to use tarot cards to reconstruct past events and decisions that have led to the present moment. You'll learn how to use tarot cards to reflect on the current situation. And you'll learn how to use tarot cards to explore options for future growth and development.
The information you'll find in its pages is grounded in the work and studies of generations of tarot experts. But it goes beyond theory into the real world of practical application.
Whether you are a newcomer to the tarot or an old hand at the cards, "Tall Dark Stranger" will help you learn how to:
- conduct romance readings, with step-by-step directions, tips, hints, and suggestions.
- get answers to specific questions about love and relationships.
- interpret each of the tarot's seventy-eight cards in light of romance and relationship issues.
- spot symbols and images that directly relate to specific romantic issues.
- find good advice in "bad" cards.
- and learn how to use a tarot card reading to change your life for the better.
Customer Reviews:
Great.......2000-06-29
This one is great. I bought it for the Nora Roberts, but ended up tracking down the sequels for Heather Graham's Dark Stranger as well. They are all complete novels not short stories. If you are a Nora Roberts fan, this is the same story that came out in paperback a while back. It was first published here (McGreggor story of Ian). I started reading Elizabeth Lowel after reading this as well. I normally don't go for historical, but these were nice.
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Comes the Dark Stranger
Harry Patterson
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In a Dark Room with a Stranger
Brian McCabe
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
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For Victoria Winters, the secret room at Collins House holds the mystery of her past-and a threat to her future.
Customer Reviews:
Victoria Uncovers her Past (well, kinda).......2007-04-18
"Victoria Winters at last feels she has a clue to her own identity when she meets elderly Henry Collins. He secretly gives her the jewels which once belonged to his lost love -- a woman Victoria strongly resembles. After receiving the gift, Victoria is suddenly terrifed by attacks on her life which are masked as accidents. Surrounded by danger, Victoria wonders if she is to be the victim pf ruthless thieves -- or a hidden murderer desperate enough to keep her from learning about her past." (From the back cover of the first edition paperback. #3 in the DS series.)
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Book Description.......2005-08-11
Kristin McCahy was a fighter, struggling to keep the remnants of her family and ranch together as the Civil War raged around them. On the day when all hope seemed lost, a stranger rode to her rescue, his guns spitting fire and his eyes ablaze with a passion only she could quench.
His name was Cole Slater, and with him by her side, Kristin no longer had to fight her battles alone. Long after the gunfire faded into silence, Cole would be with her, as together they healed the wounds of their war-torn land and raised their children to greet the bright new dawn.
This is a really good book.......2001-09-22
I couldn't put this book down, I read it at work and at home and attempted it in the car...but in the end I really loved it. The story of a strong women caught up in a world torn in tragedy and falling for a man she wished she could hate...in the long run all wounds were healed between them and it was great...the love they made only made a person (like myself)wish that they could find someone who could touch her in a way that is so much intamate and amazed and excited all at the same time. Well, I know that there is a sequal to this book...If anyone has information about the sequal please e-mail me and let me know of the title and where I might find it. Thank you. My e-mail is: Kristy7836@aol.com
DARK STRANGER is a great book........2000-07-07
Dark Stranger by Heather Graham Pozzessere embodies perhaps of the classic conflicts in the romance genre: following in love with your enemy. But with her trademark writing style Graham carries it off with style and grace. I like the fact the heroine is feisty and not afraid of voicing her opinion. Kristin's a historical romance amzaon warrior. Cole is cool too. And the civil war is classic and classy backdrop for the story to be set in. I would definitely recommend this book to any Heather Graham fan.
Great read.......2000-03-04
I loved this book, infact I read it twice. What I want to know is has Heather written about Malachi and Shannon yet? Bet it'll be a good one with those tempers.
Couldn't put this book down.......1999-09-25
I loved this book it was romatic and funny. I couldn't put it down. Can't wait to read Rides A Hero and Apache Summer. The second book is real hard to find, but I will not give up I believe it will diffently be worth the search.
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Dark past, present redemption - and a hero who really CARES!.......2005-02-26
The book opens with Lady Surrey (Margaret) holding a bloody knife and in shock, having just killed her husband Phillip in self defense. He had murdered their newborn son because the babe carried the deformity that had cursed Phillip's family line for generations, then he had turned on Margaret...which cost him his life.
Covered in blood and completely numb, Margaret obeys the midwife and finds herself alone on the road from Kent to London in freezing weather. Collapsing by the roadside, she is discovered by the famous highwayman Captain Scarlet, who picks her up -- only to be captured and tossed into Newgate, with the soldiers believing Margaret his accomplice.
Regaining consciousness within the prison's walls, Margaret (now known as Meg) comes to know Captain Scarlet as Kincaid. He is gentle, loving, and kind, and he has an honorable reason behind his highway robbery. I thought it was refreshing to finally find a hero who makes you want to melt instead of flare up in anger. He is not stubborn, arrogant or blinded by pride, but generous, loving, and he seeks to accept Meg even without knowing her past, and to heal her with his love and persistence. It is a beautiful and believable love story between a man determined to win his woman's love and heal her spirit, and a young woman scarred by a violent marriage, guilt for having killed her husband and grief for her dead child...
But even after Kincaid and his contacts get them out of Newgate in a daring escape, Meg knows she is not safe, for her husband had a brother, a man twisted with hate because of his deformity, a man who will hunt her down in revenge, for the death of his brother, and out of hatred for her perfection.
There are more twists to the story, like a missing debutante, a smitten friend, Kincaid's true identity...
A terrific read!.......1999-02-18
Colleen Faulkner is a gem. Her characters come alive. This heroine and hero were born for each other. I knew the ending would be a happy one, but it didn't seem possible. This author has a rare talent.
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2005 Harlequin, 249 Pages. Originally published as After Dark by Harlequin Books S.A in 1999. Two couples on the run HIDING FROM DAYLIGHT...counterfeit wife by Rebecca York..When a madman tries to kill her, there's only one man Marianne Leonard can turn to-Tony Marco,her childhood hero. Tony once vowed to stay away from Marianne. Can he resist her now, when they're holed up together as "husband and wife"? ....FAMILIAR STRANGER by Caroline Burnes..He came to her by night and left before dawn, never knowing they had created a child. Now their son has been kidnapped, and Molly Lynch must find her myster lover. Little does she know he'll find her first-and take her captive for her own safety! ... AND ANY THING CAN HAPPEN AFTER DARK1
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