false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637469m/7629.jpg 7629 33 In <I>The Good Soldier Svejk</I>, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war. <P> Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I&#151;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.<BR> &#147;Brilliant . . . Perhaps the funniest novel ever written.&#148;<BR> &#151;George Monbiot<BR> 318160 book 1923 The Good Soldier Svejk: and His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Classics) total:555|5:234|4:204|3:95|2:16|1:5| 555 2313 960 86 2 2 false false Thu Aug 28 09:53:56 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 09:53:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 10 11:36:03 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 12:15:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1977 Wed Mar 25 16:17:55 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 16:52:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:11:30 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:13:43 -0800 2009 Candide, Voltaire’s version, however, coming more obviously out of an Enlightenment milieu, whereas H...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 26 19:44:13 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 20:15:16 -0700 2009 Расписывая похождения слабоумного солдата, Гашек...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Aug 29 14:30:34 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 14:37:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 15 01:06:44 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 04:59:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Jan 26 11:16:47 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 11:21:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Aug 23 09:02:11 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 09:02:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 24 07:17:42 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 13:04:04 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 22:08:48 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 22:11:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 03 15:08:08 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 15:10:07 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Sun May 06 10:38:01 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 14:59:08 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Jul 18 10:56:10 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 11:08:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 26 12:42:36 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 12:43:11 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 07:29:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:32:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 21:42:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 08:08:39 -0700 2009
Hasek makes an interesting contrast with Kafka, who wrote in the same time and place. Each observes bureaucratic ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1975 Sat Aug 04 17:14:08 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 17:16:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Thu Jun 18 10:44:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 10:50:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 09 01:52:49 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 18 03:15:31 -0700 2009 2
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