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The Good Soldier Schweik
The Good Soldier Schweik
Author: Jaroslav Hasek, Paul Selver (Translator)
Poor Schweik. How simple-minded he is. Possibly even a lunatic. For how else could he fail to recognize the matchless wisdom of his sergeant, his lieutenant, his colonel, and even his king, who all agree it is his noble duty to serve as a solid target for an enemy bullet. Can the author be so bold as to suggest that this miserable nobody, this d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780451504647
ISBN-10: 045150464X
Publication Date: 1963
Pages: 429
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Publisher: Signet Classics
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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hardtack avatar reviewed The Good Soldier Schweik on + 2586 more book reviews
Interesting and oft-times humorous anti-war novel from after World War I. Apparently, it was very effective, as the cover states many European armies banned it from their military barracks.

Still, the situations described were often repetitious and it sometimes dragged. Plus it was overly long, as may be common with Czech writing at this period. The author was a former Czech soldier who died young from a disease he contracted during his war service.


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