The Czech Books You Must Read
The Good Soldier Švejk: Jaroslav Hašek’s comic masterpiece
The Czech Books You Must Read
The Good Soldier Švejk: Jaroslav Hašek’s comic masterpiece
Radio Prague Int.
Jaroslav Hašek’s The Good Soldier Švejk is a classic of not just Czech but world literature. Is soldier Josef Švejk employing exaggerated zeal to cunningly mock the Austro-Hungarian army’s war effort? Or is he genuinely slow-witted? The 1920s comic masterpiece leaves it to the reader to decide.
Ian Willoughby
Ian Willoughby