Hordubal
Cover of the 1934 Borový edition | |
| Author | Karel Čapek |
|---|---|
| Translator | Marie and Robert Weatherall |
| Cover artist | František Muzika |
| Language | Czech |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | František Borový |
Publication date | 1933 |
| Publication place | Czechoslovakia |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 249 |
| Followed by | Meteor |
Hordubal (1933) is a novel by Czech writer Karel Čapek. Based on a true account published in the newspaper Lidove noviny where the author was a regular contributor, the story is ultimately concerned with the essential unknowability of the inner lives of others, and the impossibility of true communication among men. It is the first in a trilogy of what are known as Capek's "noetic novels," the other two being Meteor (1934) and An Ordinary Life (1934).