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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War: Translated by Cecil Parrott. With Original Illustrations by Josef Lada.
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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War: Translated by Cecil Parrott. With Original Illustrations by Josef Lada. in Chattanooga, TN
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Discover "perhaps the funniest novel ever written" (
The Guardian
), now beautifully reissued
“The classic comic novel of the First World War.” —
The
New Yorker
• “A literary masterpiece.” —
New York Review of Books
•
“One of the greatest works of 20th century literature.” —
Boston Globe
Jaroslav Hasek's
The Good Soldier Svejk
follows the adventures of Josef Svejk, a boisterous and sometimes bumbling (or brilliantly subversive?) Czech soldier, as he navigates the trials of World War I. Thrust into the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army in 1914, Svejk, "one of the great characters of 20th century literature" (
New Republic
), embarks on a wild trip through war-ravaged Europe as he fakes illnesses, is captured by his own men, and takes on various quixotic quests to avoid arriving at the front lines, always with a bizarre—and often hilarious—anecdote at the ready. Predating countercultural American classics like
Catch-22
by a generation,
was the first great antiwar satire, and still one of the finest ever written.
The Guardian
), now beautifully reissued
“The classic comic novel of the First World War.” —
The
New Yorker
• “A literary masterpiece.” —
New York Review of Books
•
“One of the greatest works of 20th century literature.” —
Boston Globe
Jaroslav Hasek's
The Good Soldier Svejk
follows the adventures of Josef Svejk, a boisterous and sometimes bumbling (or brilliantly subversive?) Czech soldier, as he navigates the trials of World War I. Thrust into the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army in 1914, Svejk, "one of the great characters of 20th century literature" (
New Republic
), embarks on a wild trip through war-ravaged Europe as he fakes illnesses, is captured by his own men, and takes on various quixotic quests to avoid arriving at the front lines, always with a bizarre—and often hilarious—anecdote at the ready. Predating countercultural American classics like
Catch-22
by a generation,
was the first great antiwar satire, and still one of the finest ever written.
Discover "perhaps the funniest novel ever written" (
The Guardian
), now beautifully reissued
“The classic comic novel of the First World War.” —
The
New Yorker
• “A literary masterpiece.” —
New York Review of Books
•
“One of the greatest works of 20th century literature.” —
Boston Globe
Jaroslav Hasek's
The Good Soldier Svejk
follows the adventures of Josef Svejk, a boisterous and sometimes bumbling (or brilliantly subversive?) Czech soldier, as he navigates the trials of World War I. Thrust into the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army in 1914, Svejk, "one of the great characters of 20th century literature" (
New Republic
), embarks on a wild trip through war-ravaged Europe as he fakes illnesses, is captured by his own men, and takes on various quixotic quests to avoid arriving at the front lines, always with a bizarre—and often hilarious—anecdote at the ready. Predating countercultural American classics like
Catch-22
by a generation,
was the first great antiwar satire, and still one of the finest ever written.
The Guardian
), now beautifully reissued
“The classic comic novel of the First World War.” —
The
New Yorker
• “A literary masterpiece.” —
New York Review of Books
•
“One of the greatest works of 20th century literature.” —
Boston Globe
Jaroslav Hasek's
The Good Soldier Svejk
follows the adventures of Josef Svejk, a boisterous and sometimes bumbling (or brilliantly subversive?) Czech soldier, as he navigates the trials of World War I. Thrust into the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army in 1914, Svejk, "one of the great characters of 20th century literature" (
New Republic
), embarks on a wild trip through war-ravaged Europe as he fakes illnesses, is captured by his own men, and takes on various quixotic quests to avoid arriving at the front lines, always with a bizarre—and often hilarious—anecdote at the ready. Predating countercultural American classics like
Catch-22
by a generation,
was the first great antiwar satire, and still one of the finest ever written.
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