num_pages: 800
description: The Good Soldier Švejk, written in the aftermath of World War I by Czech humorist Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), stands as the classic satiric portrait of a little man waging war against authority.The unassuming and affable Švejk, having been called to serve in the Austro-Hungarian army at the start of the Great War, shrewdly plays the bumbling fool and makes a genial nuisance of himself, managing to avoid ever reaching the front while appearing loyally determined to do so. Possessed of an unerring talent for finding himself in (and extricating himself from) the most chaotic and absurd situations, Švejk represents, in his instinct for survival, all those human values that stand opposed to the utter futility of warfare. Hašek’s novel, inspired by the author’s own wartime escapades, has entertained readers in more than fifty languages for nearly a century and has come to define the spirit of comic endurance necessary to withstand the manglings of a modern-day bureaucratic war machine. This hardcover edition, translated and introduced by Cecil Parrott, is lavishly illustrated with 156 drawings by Hašek’s friend and colleague, the Czech cartoonist Josef Lada, and includes maps, a guide to pronouncing Czech names, a bibliography, and a chronology of the author’s life and times.Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.
language: English
title: The Good Soldier Svejk
titlecomplete: The Good Soldier Svejk (Everyman's Library)
characters: Baloun, "Sergeant Teveles", Jurajda, Lieutenant Lukáš, Chaplain Martinec, Chaplain Otto Katz, Quartermaster Sergeant-Major Vaněk, Colonel Schröder, Captain Sagner, Cadet Biegler, Staff Warder Slavík, Bretschneider, Palivec, Vodička, General Fink von Finkenstein, Volunteer Marek, Colonel Friedrich Kraus von Zillergut, 2nd Lieutenant Dub, Josef Švejk, Captain Tayrle
genres: Fiction, War, World War I, Humor, Literature, Czech Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 18540
places: Prague (Praha)
series: The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Kääntäjien valtionpalkinto
publisher: Everyman's Library