Hrabal and the Hungarians

We will contribute to this year’s celebrations of Hrabal’s birth will a hitherto almost secret chapter – the reading of the master by Hungarians and from the Hungarian perspective.

Experts on Hrabal’s work Peter Kocsis, Tomáš Mazal and translator Robert Svoboda will discuss the earthquake that the publication of Postřižiny (Cutting it Short) set off in the then Hungarian People’s Republic. On the differences between Hungarian and Czech humour, getting to grips with tough translating problems and the distance between the languages and closeness of the cultures.