The Good Soldier Svejk - Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics

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The Good Soldier Svejk

The Good Soldier Svejk - Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics

4.09 (17,343 Ratings by Goodreads)
hardback | English
Published: 20 May, 1993
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An attack on war which broadens into a satire on the ANCIEN REGIME of the Austro-Hungarian empire, THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK recreates the age-old figure of the simple soldier whose sheer determination to survive brings into question the mighty social and political institutions he confronts. Set in a Central Europe which has long since vanished, Hasek's novel is nevertheless a timeless portrait of the 'little man' doughtily waging his own war against authority
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781857151510
ISBN10 1857151518
Number Of Pages 800
Item Weight 860 g
Product Dimensions 135 x 210 x 45 mm
Publisher / Reseller Everyman
Format hardback
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Besides this book, the writer wrote more than 2,000 short works, short stories, glosses, sketches, mostly under various pen-names.

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