Good Soldier Svejk And His Fortunes In The World

By (author): "Jaroslav Hašek"
Publish Date: 1921
Good Soldier Svejk And His Fortunes In The World
ISBN0141184280
ISBN139780141184289
AsinGood Soldier Svejk And His Fortunes In The World
CharactersJosef Švejk, Palivec, Bretschneider, Staff Warder Slavík, Chaplain Ott
Original titleOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za sv?tové války
SeriesOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za sv?tové války #1-4
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.