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"Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk 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 nuisance, the resourceful Švejk 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 Švejk combines dazzling wordplay and piercing satire to create a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war"--P. [4] of cover.
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The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War, Jaroslav Hašek
- Language
- Released
- 2000
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- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €4.05
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jaroslav Hašek
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 752
- ISBN10
- 0140449914
- ISBN13
- 9780140449914
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Adventure, Czech Literature, Humor, Czech & Slovak history, Military Fiction, Wars, World War I (1914–1918), Satire, Czechoslovakia, Soldiers, Švejk
- Original title
- Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- "Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk 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 nuisance, the resourceful Švejk 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 Švejk combines dazzling wordplay and piercing satire to create a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war"--P. [4] of cover.