Jaroslav Hašek
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Jaroslav Hašek is known by readers around the world as the author of The Good Soldier Švejk, one of the greatest comic novels of all time. Not all of his fans are aware of his six year anabasis in Russia, however, which began with his capture on the front lines of Galicia during the First World War. The Secret History of My Sojourn in Russia, translated by Charles S. Kraszewski, brings that fascinating period in Hašek's life to the attention of...
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The Good Soldier Švejk is one of the best-known Czech works ever published. A soldier in the First World War 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...
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A lo largo de su breve e intensa vida Jaroslav Hašek se vio obligado a aceptar cualquier trabajo que se le ofreciera: redactor de una revista de zoología, empleado en una droguería, pedagogo y muchos más. Todas estas expe- riencias confluyeron en los numerosos cuentos autobiográficos que escribió en su vida, que relatan historias hilarantes al límite del absurdo. Después de la Historia del Partido del Progreso Moderado dentro de los Límites...
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Jaroslav Hašek is known by readers around the world as the author of The Good Soldier Švejk, one of the greatest comic novels of all time. Not all of his fans are aware of his six year anabasis in Russia, however, which began with his capture on the front lines of Galicia during the First World War. The Secret History of My Sojourn in Russia, translated by Charles S. Kraszewski, brings that fascinating period in Hašek's life to the attention of...
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The Good Soldier Schweik is the story beginning in Prague with news of the assassination in Sarajevo that precipitates World War I. Schweik displays such enthusiasm about faithfully serving the Austrian Emperor in battle that no one can decide whether he is merely an imbecile or is craftily undermining the war effort. However, he is arrested by a member of the secret police after making some politically sensitive remarks, and is sent to prison. After...
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En su ensayo titulado El Humor, Sigmund Freud afirma: "El humor no es resignado, sino rebelde; no solo significa el triunfo del yo, sino también del principio del placer, que en el humor logra triunfar sobre la adversidad de las circunstancias reales". El colapso del Imperio austrohúngaro y la Revolución rusa son precisamente las "circunstancias reales" de las que se nutren los dos ciclos de cuentos incluidos en este volumen, en los que lo viejo...
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Švejk es, sin duda, uno de los personajes más peculiares e hilarantes de la historia de la literatura, elevado a icono del antimilitarismo y de la sátira sobre la decadencia de las instituciones del Antiguo Régimen. Sus peripecias durante la primera Guerra mundial confluyeron en la obra maestra Las aventuras del buen soldado Švejk, novela inacabada en cuatro volúmenes que Hašek escribió desde su regreso de Rusia en 1921, donde llegó a tener...
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Gathering work from across Jaroslav Hašek's brief but prolific career, this collection showcases the outrageous wit and biting social commentary that made him the most popular Czech writer of all time. Much like his beloved novel The Good Soldier Švejk, these sixteen tales-previously unavailable in English-are populated with unforgettable characters: various cranks, conmen, and secret geniuses. The Man Without a Transit Pass further solidifies Hašek's...
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The Good Soldier Švejk, written shortly after the First World War, is one of the great antiwar satires - and one of the funniest books of the 20th (or any) century. In creating his eponymous hero, Jaroslav Hašek produced an unforgettable character who charms and infuriates and bamboozles his way through the conflagration that tore through the heart of Europe, upending empires and changing social history.
It is the closing period of the Austro-Hungarian...
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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 the First World War 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...
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El 3 de enero de 1923, tras una larga enfermedad, falleció Jaroslav Hašek, uno de los grandes escritores checos del siglo XX. Pocos meses después, los amigos con quienes había fundado el Partido del Progreso Moderado Dentro de los Límites de la Ley en 1911, se reunieron para homenajearle y comenzar la titánica empresa de recuperar su obra. Mi tienda de perros tenía que ser el primero de varios tomos pero, a pesar de las buenas intenciones,...
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