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The Good Soldier Svejk : and His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Classics)
The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War - Penguin Classics Author:Jaroslav Hasek Introduction and translation by Cecil Parrott — Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it.? Playing cards, getting drunk and becoming a general nu... more »isance, the resourceful Svejk uses all his natural cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the doctors, police, clergy and officers who chivvy him towards battle.? The story of a 'little man' caught in a vast bureaucratic machine, The Good Soldier Svejk combines dazzling wordplay and piercing satire to create a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war.
Cecil Parrott's vibrant, unbowlderized translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing Hasek's turbulent life as an anarchist, communist and vagrant, and the Everyman character of Svejk.? This edition also includes a guide to Czech names, maps and original illustrations.« less
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