num_pages: 267
description: Returning from years in a forced-labor unit, Ludvik Jahn plots to seduce the wife of the man responsible for his exile
language: English
title: The Joke
titlecomplete: The Joke
genres: Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Philosophy, Novels, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Czech Literature
ratings_count: 34158
places: Slovakia
publisher: Viking Penguin Inc.