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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War
by Jaroslav Hašek
3.5 stars.
The story follows Svejk along his journey towards the Russian front during WW1. It is a good-humored, friendly tale, reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse. Svejk gets into all kinds of bizarre situations but his "stupidity" always saves him in the end. You don't really get any historical background information, because it is all about Svejk and his sketches and stories. In the end, 800 pages of these antics (and the author died before he could even properly finish it) and get to be a bit much of this kind of slapstick humor, but when you read it installments, in-between books, for example, it is a lovely weird romp through the Czech march towards battle.
The story follows Svejk along his journey towards the Russian front during WW1. It is a good-humored, friendly tale, reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse. Svejk gets into all kinds of bizarre situations but his "stupidity" always saves him in the end. You don't really get any historical background information, because it is all about Svejk and his sketches and stories. In the end, 800 pages of these antics (and the author died before he could even properly finish it) and get to be a bit much of this kind of slapstick humor, but when you read it installments, in-between books, for example, it is a lovely weird romp through the Czech march towards battle.