{"product_id":"the-good-soldier-svejk-and-his-fortunes-in-the-world-war-translated-by-cecil-parrott-with-original-illustrations-by-josef-lada","title":"The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War: Translated by Cecil Parrott. with Original Illustrations by Josef Lada.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover \"perhaps the funniest novel ever written\" (\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e), now beautifully reissued\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The classic comic novel of the First World War.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e - \"A literary masterpiece.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the greatest works of 20th century literature.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaroslav Hasek's \u003cem\u003eThe Good Soldier Svejk\u003c\/em\u003e follows the adventures of Josef Svejk, 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, Svejk, \"one of the great characters of 20th century literature\" (\u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e), 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. Predating countercultural American classics like \u003cem\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/em\u003e by a generation, \u003cem\u003eThe Good Soldier Svejk\u003c\/em\u003e was the first great antiwar satire, and still one of the finest ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0062835440\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780062835444\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Hasek, Jaroslav, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Aug 2018)","offer_id":45658070646981,"sku":"9780062835444","price":20.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780062835444.jpg?v=1768897630","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-good-soldier-svejk-and-his-fortunes-in-the-world-war-translated-by-cecil-parrott-with-original-illustrations-by-josef-lada","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}