In The Good Soldier Svejk , celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war. Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austrian armys most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War Ialthough his bumbling attempts to get to...
In The Good Soldier Svejk , celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war. Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austrian armys most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War Ialthough his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting drunk, he uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle. Cecil Parrotts vibrant translation conveys the brilliant irreverence of this classic about a hapless Everyman caught in a vast bureaucratic machine.
Brilliant . . . Perhaps the funniest novel ever written.
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0 有用 沛芝东欧控 2010-10-19 12:45:03
satire, hard to crack..
0 有用 Arcadia 2014-07-08 15:47:04
哈谢克的脑洞实在太大,好兵帅克从头到尾满嘴跑火车,能做到如此让我捧腹大笑的小说确实不多见,而且幽默之余常用尖利的笔调戳破现实。看完后翻了翻前言,什么!小说里的许多事是作者的亲身经历,我又震惊了,只能感慨一句:无政府主义者就是叼
0 有用 Galeatus 2013-03-14 01:08:51
用一个真诚的傻帽当镜子,便彻底还原了一个虚伪做作的社会