Summary of I served the King of England
“I served the King of England” is a tragicomical novel about DĂtÄ›, an ambitious hotel waiter who works his way up and establishes his own hotel in Czechoslovakia – with the profits of a briefcase stolen from a Jewish ghetto. The novel recounts the little anecdotes of the main character, but also the broader history of Czechoslovakia in the 1940s, during the Nazi occupation and the early years of communism.
Reasons to read I served the King of EnglandÂ
“I served the King of England” is a humorous and highly symbolic story about the rise and fall of an opportunistic man in the Bohemian hotel sector. Bohumil Hrabal was one of the most important Czech writers of the 20th century. Other famous novels by Bohumil Hrabal include “Too Loud a Solitude” and “Closely Observed Trains”. “I Served the King of England” was adapted into a film in 2006 by Jiřà Menzel.
Original title: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále
Year of publication: 1983
Nr of pages: 288
