Alexandr v tramvaji

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Alexandr v tramvaji is arguably the best-known work of surrealist author Pavel Řezníček.

It depicts a man named Alexandre whose job as the "razorman" (žiletkář) travels in a trolley and cuts women's feet with a razor he holds in his boot.

The story then presents many characters, including Madame Tussaud who wishes to gain weight as to bring the police presidium to crumble down into hell, Alexander's portagé, Primář Karlach, the evil philosopher-doctor, who was deposed from his hospital and has returned; Countess Willma, a wealthy countess from a somewhat surrealist estate (e.g. the furniture in the upper floor has been burning for 200 years and there are strange things, like cigaretes in the sky) and a whole ensemble of wax dummies of historical people.

As Řezníček uses his traditional style of writing, it is nearly impossible to follow the line of events (as there are many), because he often interrupts the descriptions of situations with intermezzos, such as (from another work) "a women is spinache" ("žena je špenát") (around which numerous later sentences are based, showing what something is and what something else is not (this line is also special in his work, as un-traditionally it is referred and debated on the following pages as well, unlike his classic form of showing many such proclamations upon another) ). These types of sentences are often anti-logical and often they fail to actually have a point, ergo much if them are just plain descriptions (in the style of "Man on the ground" only expanded with numerous other words).

The events of this book lead through various un-connected situations up to Řezníčeks classic ending, in witch all the characters are brought into one place and taken care of (another such ending was in his book "Strop",in witch all the characters, one by one were brought into the "swamps for blind",where they stayed), this time before a tribunal from witch they escape.

Another part of Řezníček's writing is the usage of himself in his novels, describing himself in the first, but also in the third person ("Řežníček, ten ......ďábel", "Řezníček that......devil...."), and it is not un-common when he insults the readers or the book or on the contrary supremely praises them (both may ocure in the same book). He breaks the fourth wall and some might say he doesn't even bother to build it.