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Behind the Lines: Bugulma and Other Stories
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for Behind the Lines: Bugulma and Other Stories
Hardcover. Presents a series of short stories based on the author's experiences as a Red Commissar in the Russian Civil War and his return to Czechoslovakia. This title focuses on the Russian town of Bugulma and takes aim, with mordant wit, at the absurdities of a revolution. Translator(s): Corner, Mark. Num Pages: 180 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Jaroslav Hasek is a Czech writer most famous for his wickedly funny, widely read yet incomplete novel "The Good Soldier Svejk", a series of absurdist vignettes about a recalcitrant soldier in World War I. Hasek - in spite of a life of bufoonery and debauchery - was remarkably prolific. He wrote hundreds of short stories that all display both his extraordinary gift for satire and his profound distrust of authority. Here, in a new English translation, is a series of short stories based on Hasek's experiences as a Red Commissar in the Russian Civil War and his return to Czechoslovakia. First published in the "Prague Tribune", these nine stories are considered to be some of his best, and they provide delightful entertainment as well as important background and insight into "The Good Soldier Svejk". This collection, by a writer some refer to as a Bolshevik Mark Twain, is much more than a tool for understanding Hasek's better-known novel; it is a significant work in its own right. "Behind the Lines" focuses on the Russian town of Bugulma and takes aim, with mordant wit, at the absurdities of a revolution. A hidden gem remarkable for its modern, ribald sense of humor, "Behind the Lines" is an enjoyable, fast-paced collection of great literary and historical value.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ovocny, Czechia
ISBN
9788024620138
SKU
V9788024620138
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About Roger Hargreaves
Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923) was a Czech satirist who wrote over 1,400 short stories, as well as the novel The Good Soldier Svejk. Mark Corner is an author and lecturer in religious and European studies who lives and works in Brussels.
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