The Good Soldier Svejk
and his fortunes in the world war
$26.79
- Paperback
784 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2005
Summary
Josef Hasek’s most important work is centered around the deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army. Dismissed for incompetence, he is only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I (where he is captured by his own troops). A mischief-maker, bohemian, and drunk, Hasek demonstrated his wit in this classic novel of the Czech character and the preposterous nature of war.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449914 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449914 |
| Author: | Josef Lada, Cecil Parrott, Jaroslav Hašek |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 784 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 537g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Josef Lada
Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923) wrote more than 2,000 short works, short stories, glosses, sketches, mostly under various pen-names. A prankster and stalwart of innumerable taverns scattered across Bohemia, Hasek was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War and spent much of the war in a Russian prisoner-of-war camp. After the war Hasek launched into writing his devastating and hilarious satire The Good Soldier Svejk, which was tragically left unfinished at his premature death and yet was, by various measures, probably unfinishable.
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