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The good soldier Svejk and his fortunes in the World War

Hasek, Jaroslav, 1883-19231993
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An attack on war which broadens into a satire on the ancien regime of the Austro-Hungarian empire, The Good Soldier Svejkrecreates the age-old figure of the simple soldier whose sheer determination to survive brings into question the mighty social and political institutions he confronts. Set in a Central Europe which has long since vanished, Hasek's novel is nevertheless a timeless portrait of the 'little man' doughtily waging his own war against authority
Main title:
The good soldier Svejk and his fortunes in the World War / Jaroslav Hasek ; translated and introduced by Cecil Parrott ; illustrated by Josef Lada.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Everyman's Library, 1993.
Collation:
800 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Heinemann, 1973. - Reprinted with bibliography and chronology.
ISBN:
18571515189781857151510
Dewey class:
891.8635GCL
Local class:
FSFAF891.8635Millennium FFictionFTCLSF HAS 12
Language:
EnglishCzech
Index terms:
WarSatireSSL
BRN:
463121
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