The Good Soldier Švejk
of Jaroslav Hašek, Josef Lada (Illustrator), Lumír Nahodil (Translator), Cecil Parrott (Translator)
Series: Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války #1-4
Description
In The Good Soldier Švejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hašek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war.Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austrian 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, he 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.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 752 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date April 28th 2005
- First Publication 10/28/23
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140449914
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Prague (Praha) (Czech Republic)']
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