| The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War: Translated by Cecil Parrott. with Original Illustrations by Josef Lada. Contributor(s): Hasek, Jaroslav (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062835440 ISBN-13: 9780062835444 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Historical - World War I |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.8" (1.20 lbs) 784 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, The Good Soldier Svejk was the first great antiwar satire, and still one of the finest ever written. |