This book contains German translations of the following of Hrabal's works:1) Příliš hlučná samota (Too Loud a Solitude)2) Adagio lamentoso3) Rukověť pábitelského učněThis book furthermore contains two interviews with Hrabal:4) L'ironia praghese (Interview with Sergio Corduas, translated from the original Italian publication in Treni strettamente sorvegliati, 1982)5) Interview na Hrázi Věčnosti (first published in Domácí úkoly z pilnosti, 1982)And finally this book contains a few short essays about Hrabal and about one of his German translators, Susanna Roth:6) Zum "Leitfaden eines Baflerlehrlings" (by Susanna Roth; first published in Laute Einsamkeit und bitteres Glück)7) Ein unverdientes Ende (by Susanna Roth; first published in "Wer ich bin")8) Ein Nachruf auf Susanna Roth (by Peter Demetz; first published in the journal Transit 14/1997)9) Über Bohumil Hrabal (by Eckhard Thiele; first published in this book)