Closely Watched Trains (European Classics)
<DIV>Hrabal's postwar classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovakia is among his most popular works. Milos Hrma is a timid railroad apprentice who insulates himself with fantasy against a reality filled with cruelty and grief. After receiving acclaim as a novel, <I>Closely Watched Trains</I> was made into a successful film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film of 1967.<br></DIV>