Hrabal's postwar classic o mladý muž sa blíži vek v Nemecko-occupied Czechoslovakia is among jeho most beloved and accessible works. Closely Watched trains je subtle a poetické portrét Milos Hrma, a tímový mladý railroad apríl, ktorý insulates himself s fantasy proti reality reality s cruelty and grief. Day po day as he watches trains fly by, he tormenty himself with suspicion that he himself je be watched and with fears of impotency. Veľa finally affirms jeho manhood and, s bez ohľadu na mier a purpose he has never known before, heroically confronts a trainload of Nazis.