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The Good Soldier Schweik
The Good Soldier Schweik
Author: Jaroslav Hasek, Paul Selver (Translator)
ISBN-13: 9780451504647
ISBN-10: 045150464X
Publication Date: 1963
Pages: 429
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Signet Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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hardtack avatar reviewed The Good Soldier Schweik on + 2701 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.