by Jaroslav Hašek · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418218231
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The Good Soldier Švejk is a satirical novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, first published in 1921. The work tells the misadventures of Josef Švejk, a Czech soldier during World War I who, despite his apparent stupidity, uses his wit to sabotage the Austro-Hungarian war effort. Considered one of the most important works of Czech literature and a classic of anti-war literature, the novel criticizes bureaucracy, military incompetence, and the absurdity of war through humor and irony.
Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian, first anarchist and then communist, and commissar of the Red Army against the Czechoslovak Legion. He is best known for his novel The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War, an unfinished novel about a soldier in World War I and a satire on the ineptitude of authority figures. The novel has been translated into about 60 languages, making it the most translated novel in Czech literature.
