The Good Soldier Svejk
by Josef Lada, Cecil Parrott, Jaroslav Hašek
Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian 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.
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Joseph Heller said that if it weren't for his having read The Good Soldier Svejk he would never had written his American novel Catch 22Hasek's most important work was centered around the deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army -- dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I (where he is captured by his own troops). A mischief-maker, bohemian and drunk, Hasek demonstrated his wit in this classic novel of the Czech character and preposterous nature of war.
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New titles in the Penguin Classic series, all with new introductions.
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Joseph Heller said that if it weren't for his having read The Good Soldier Švejk he would never had written his American novel Catch 22
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Joseph Heller said that if it weren't for his having read The Good Soldier Svejk he would never had written his American novel Catch 22
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