{"product_id":"9788024620138","title":"Behind the Lines: Bugulma and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eJaroslav Hašek is a Czech writer most famous for his wickedly funny, widely read yet incomplete novel \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier Schweik\u003c\/i\u003e, a series of absurdist vignettes about a recalcitrant WWI soldier. Hašek—in spite of a life of buffoonery and debauchery—was remarkably prolific. He wrote hundreds of short stories that all display both his extraordinary gift for satire and his profound distrust of authority. Here, in a new English translation, is a series of short stories based on Hašek’s experiences as a Red Commissar in the Russian Civil War and his return to Czechoslovakia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in the \u003ci\u003ePrague Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, these nine stories are considered to be some of his best, and they provide delightful entertainment as well as important background and insight into \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier Schweik\u003c\/i\u003e. This collection by a writer some call the Bolshevik Mark Twain, is much more than a tool for understanding Hašek’s better known novel; it is a significant work in its own right.\u003ci\u003e Behind the Lines \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on the Russian town of Bugulma, and takes aim, with mordant wit, at the absurdities of a revolution. A hidden gem remarkable for its modern, ribald sense of humor, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Lines \u003c\/i\u003eis an enjoyable, fast-paced anthology of great literary and historical value.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karolinum Press, Charles University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052315754736,"sku":"9788024620138","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9788024620138_p0.jpg?v=1763722877","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9788024620138","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}