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Saturnin
Zdenek Jirotka
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Description for Saturnin
Hardcover. A novel featuring Saturnin, a 'gentleman's gentleman' who obviously owes a debt to Wodehouse's beloved Jeeves, who wages a constant battle to protect his master from romantic disaster and intrusive relatives, such as Aunt Catherine, the 'Prancing Dictionary of Slavic Proverbs'. Translator(s): Corner, Mark Adrian. Num Pages: 263 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
On its initial publication in Czech in 1942, "Saturnin" was a best-seller, its gentle satire offering an unexpected - if temporary - reprieve from the grim reality of the German occupation. In the years since, the novel has been hailed as a classic of Czech literature, and this translation makes it available to English-language readers for the first time-which is entirely appropriate, for author Zdenek Jirotka clearly modeled his light comedy on the English masters Jerome K. Jerome and P. G. Wodehouse. The novel's main character, Saturnin, a 'gentleman's gentleman' who obviously owes a debt to Wodehouse's beloved Jeeves, wages ... Read more
On its initial publication in Czech in 1942, "Saturnin" was a best-seller, its gentle satire offering an unexpected - if temporary - reprieve from the grim reality of the German occupation. In the years since, the novel has been hailed as a classic of Czech literature, and this translation makes it available to English-language readers for the first time-which is entirely appropriate, for author Zdenek Jirotka clearly modeled his light comedy on the English masters Jerome K. Jerome and P. G. Wodehouse. The novel's main character, Saturnin, a 'gentleman's gentleman' who obviously owes a debt to Wodehouse's beloved Jeeves, wages ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Ovocny, Czechia
ISBN
9788024606835
SKU
V9788024606835
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About Zdenek Jirotka
Zdenek Jirotka (1911-2003) is the author of radio plays, novels, and short stories. Mark Adrian Corner is a part-time lecturer at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel. He is the author or translator of several books.
Reviews for Saturnin
"At a time when Czechoslovakia was deep in the grip of the Nazi occupation, one form of resistance was to put the world created by invasion out of your mind and create another. Was it, perhaps, a Wodehousian influence-a reluctance to acknowledge the evil of the outside world?"-Elin Murphy, Wooster Sauce, the Journal of the P. G. Wodehouse Society "A ... Read more