The Good Soldier Svejk

Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austrian army-ãs most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I-¨although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting drunk, he uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle. Cecil Parrott-ãs vibrant translation conveys the brilliant irreverence of this classic about a hapless Everyman caught in a vast bureaucratic machine. Read more at http://www.penguin.co.uk/books/the-good-soldier-svejk/9780140449914/#LFtsUZtxyECDvsiB.99
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An aparitie	28 Apr 2005
Autor	Jaroslav Hasek
Dimensiuni	129 x 198mm
Editura	Penguin
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9780140449914
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	784