"Gaps"begins with Hrabal receiving the long anticipated advance copy of his first short story collection, "Perlicka na dne"("Pearl of the Deep"). Hrabal's career as a successful writer starts here, and the novel details his rise on the domestic front, his relationship with influential Czech artists and writers, as well as the international recognition he gains from novels such as"Closely Watched Trains." "Gaps"is a more overtly political novel than either"In-House Weddings"or"Vita Nuova." The 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the subsequent repression of artistic freedom figure...
"Gaps"begins with Hrabal receiving the long anticipated advance copy of his first short story collection, "Perlicka na dne"("Pearl of the Deep"). Hrab...