# Closely Watched Trains

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- Authors: [Bohumil Hrabal](https://www.bookquiver.com/bohumil-hrabal)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4175-214-2
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2025-04-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Closely Watched Trains tells the story of Miloš Hrma, a young railroad apprentice coming of age in wartime Czechoslovakia. Miloš is overwhelmed with worries – about his virginity, his love for the conductor, and ongoing scandals in the stationmaster’s office – besides which the idea of fighting the Germans seems a simple affair. Poignant, humorous and the inspiration behind the 1966 Academy Award-winning film, this is a small masterpiece from one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century.