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The Good Soldier Švejk

Jaroslav Hašek

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In The Good Soldier Svejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war. Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian Army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it.

Playing cards and getting drunk, Svejk uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle. Cecil Parrott's vibrant translation conveys the brilliant irreverence of this classic about a hapless Everyman caught in a vast bureaucratic machine.

Language: English

Pages: 752

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: August 23, 1990

ISBN: 0140182748

ISBN 13: 9780140182743

The Good Soldier Švejk

Jaroslav Hašek

4.1/5 ( ratings)

In The Good Soldier Svejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war. Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian Army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it.

Playing cards and getting drunk, Svejk uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle. Cecil Parrott's vibrant translation conveys the brilliant irreverence of this classic about a hapless Everyman caught in a vast bureaucratic machine.

Language: English

Pages: 752

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: August 23, 1990

ISBN: 0140182748

ISBN 13: 9780140182743

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