The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War

Auteurs

• Jaroslav Hašek

Paramètres

• 752 pages
• 27 heures de lecture

• Aventure
• Fiction
• Histoire
• Humour
• Littérature tchèque

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"Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards, getting drunk and becoming a general nuisance, the resourceful Švejk uses all his natural cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the doctors, police, clergy and officers who chivvy him towards battle. The story of a 'little man' caught in a vast bureaucratic machine, The Good Soldier Švejk combines dazzling wordplay and piercing satire to create a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war"--P. [4] of cover.

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• Année de publication: 2000