Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk : Großformat in großer Schrift (Paperback)

from eldang

This book is in 4 volumes, and really my rating is 5 stars for volume 1, 1 star for volume 2, and I didn't even start reading volumes 3 and 4. The first volume would make a lovely (and already fairly long) stand-alone novel, in which Hašek uses Svejk as a sort of universal "wise fool" character t...

from Schmerguls

4629. The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War, by Jaroslav Hasek translated by Cecil Parrott (read 18 Oct 2009) This satirical novel is often funny and I laughed a lot. But it is also long and I admit I was glad when I got to the last page. Joseph Svejk is a native of Prague and ...

from Schmerguls

4629. The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War, by Jaroslav Hasek translated by Cecil Parrott (read 18 Oct 2009) This satirical novel is often funny and I laughed a lot. But it is also long and I admit I was glad when I got to the last page. Joseph Svejk is a native of Prague and ...

from ngmcd

Patience is required for this book. I found myself at times fully enjoying one of Svejk's ramblinf stories, other times I was tempted to skip through them. As the introduction to the book says, hasek's narrative skills leave a lot to be desired but it is still an immensely enjoyable piece of work...

from stillatim

A very amusing book, with rather diminishing rewards; there are only so many times you can make the joke about how the soldier ate the officer's food before it starts to get boring, and I more or less stopped paying attention to those jokes at the end of part two--which meant part three was more ...