by Jaroslav Hasek · Proa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788482560090
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The Good Soldier Švejk is a satirical dark comedy novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, published in 1921. It is about Josef Švejk, a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. Through humor and satire, Hasek criticizes the military bureaucracy and the absurdity of war. This 1995 edition, published by Proa, features illustrations by Josef Lada and translation by Monika Zgustová.
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.
