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Něžný barbar
Author: Bohumil Hrabal
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On the outskirts of Prague, friendship becomes a conversation about what art can do. Bohumil Hrabal's Něžný barbar is a work of memoir prose centered on painter and printmaker Vladimír Boudník. Personal memory meets essayistic reflection and imagination.
Hrabal returns to Libeň in the 1950s and life in the house Na hrázi Věčnosti. He presents Boudník through recollection and admiration for his creative imagination. Prague's periphery becomes a place for meetings and reflection on art.
The Doctor, meaning Bohumil Hrabal, Boudník and philosopher Egon Bondy hold distinctive conversations about the nature of art. Their relationships grow from creativity, discussion and the ability to see their surroundings differently. Everyday life acquires the dimensions of an artistic experience.
Reminiscence blends with meditative and essayistic passages. In the opening, even streets torn up by construction become sources of inspiration for Boudník. A similar openness to the surrounding world informs Hrabal's own storytelling.
Czech-language e-book from Mladá fronta. Length: 128 pages. Formats: EPUB, PDF and MOBI.
On the outskirts of Prague, friendship becomes a conversation about what art can do. Bohumil Hrabal's Něžný barbar is a work of memoir prose centered on painter and printmaker Vladimír Boudník. Personal memory meets essayistic reflection and imagination.
Book information
- Author
- Bohumil Hrabal
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Mladá fronta
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- Česká próza
- ISBN
- 978-80-204-6550-4
- Publication date
- 4. September 2025
- Pages
- 128
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-204-6556-6) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-204-6551-1) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-204-6557-3)
What is Něžný barbar about?
Hrabal returns to Libeň in the 1950s and life in the house Na hrázi Věčnosti. He presents Boudník through recollection and admiration for his creative imagination. Prague's periphery becomes a place for meetings and reflection on art.
The Doctor, meaning Bohumil Hrabal, Boudník and philosopher Egon Bondy hold distinctive conversations about the nature of art. Their relationships grow from creativity, discussion and the ability to see their surroundings differently. Everyday life acquires the dimensions of an artistic experience.
Reminiscence blends with meditative and essayistic passages. In the opening, even streets torn up by construction become sources of inspiration for Boudník. A similar openness to the surrounding world informs Hrabal's own storytelling.
Themes and motifs
Friendship
Memories of Boudník form the heart of a personal portrait.
Creative imagination
Unusual ways of seeing the world open possibilities for art.
Art and everyday life
Life on the city's edge meets questions about the nature of art.
Memory
Personal recollection blends with meditative storytelling.
Setting
Prague's Libeň district in the 1950s, especially the house Na hrázi Věčnosti.
Main characters
Vladimír Boudník
The painter and printmaker whom Hrabal remembers.
The Doctor
Bohumil Hrabal, appearing under his nickname.
Egon Bondy
A philosopher who joins the distinctive discussions about art.
Who is this book for?
For readers of Czech prose, memoirs and literary portraits of artists.
Book context
Bohumil Hrabal's memoir prose blends essayistic and meditative writing. Petr Koliha directed the film adaptation of the same name, produced in 1989 and released in cinemas in 1990.
Adaptations
Něžný barbar
Otázky o knihe
What is Něžný barbar about?
Vladimír Boudník, friendship and unusual conversations about art in 1950s Libeň.
Who is the Doctor?
Bohumil Hrabal, appearing in the text under his nickname.
Is there a film adaptation?
Yes. Petr Koliha's film of the same name was produced in 1989 and premiered in 1990.
What are this edition's details?
This Czech-language e-book from Mladá fronta has 128 pages and comes in EPUB, PDF and MOBI formats.
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