The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War (Schweik)

by Cecil Parrott (Translator), Cecil Parrott (Translator), Josef Lada (Illustrator), Jaroslav Ha?ek (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1974

  $4.41

• New

  Hardcover
  1993

  $19.10

  An attack on war which broadens into a satire on the ANCIEN REGIME of the Austro-Hungarian empire, THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK recreates the age-old figure of the simple soldier whose sheer determination to survive brings into question the mighty social and political institutions he confronts. Set in a Central Europe which has long since vanished, Hasek's novel is nevertheless a timeless portrait of the 'little man' doughtily waging his own war against authority