The Good Soldier Svejk (Abridged)

Jaroslav Ha¿ek¿s world-famous satirical farce The Good Soldier ¿vejk has been translated into over sixty languages, and is one of the best-known Czech works ever published.

A soldier in World War I who never actually sees any combat, Josef ¿vejk is The Good Soldier¿s awkward protagonist ¿ and none of the other characters can quite decide whether his bumbling efforts to get to the front are genuine or not.

Often portrayed as one of the first anti-war novels, Ha¿ek¿s classic satire is a tour-de-force of modernist writing, influencing later writers such as Hemingway, Faulkner, and Joseph Heller.

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