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The Good Soldier Svejk
The Good Soldier Svejk
The Good Soldier Svejk
Audiobook (abridged)6 hours

The Good Soldier Svejk

Written by Jaroslav Hasek

Narrated by David Horovitch

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About this audiobook

Jaroslav Hašek’s world-famous satirical farce The Good Soldier Švejk 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 Švejk 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, Hašek’s classic satire is a tour-de-force of modernist writing, influencing later writers such as Hemingway, Faulkner, and Joseph Heller.

©2008 Naxos Audiobooks; (P)2008 Naxos Audiobooks

LanguageEnglish
PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
Release dateJul 1, 2008
ISBN9789629547837
The Good Soldier Svejk

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