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The good soldier Švejk, and his fortunes in the world war, Jaroslav Hašek ; a new and unabridged translation from the Czech by Cecil Parrott ; with the original illustrations by Josef Lada

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The good soldier Švejk, and his fortunes in the world war, Jaroslav Hašek ; a new and unabridged translation from the Czech by Cecil Parrott ; with the original illustrations by Josef Lada

Language

eng

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Literary Form

novels

Main title

The good soldier Švejk

Oclc number

1017599049

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Jaroslav Hašek ; a new and unabridged translation from the Czech by Cecil Parrott ; with the original illustrations by Josef Lada

Sub title

and his fortunes in the world war

Summary

"Follows the adventures of Josef Švejk, a boisterous and sometimes bumbling (or brilliantly subversive?) Czech soldier, as he navigates the trials of World War I. Thrust into the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army in 1914, Švejk ... embarks on a wild trip through war-ravaged Europe as he fakes illnesses, is captured by his own men, and takes on various quixotic quests to avoid arriving at the front lines, always with a bizarre--and often hilarious--anecdote at the ready"--Back cover

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