The Good Soldier Schweik [Hardcover]

Jaroslav Hasek (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Amereon Limited (June 1940)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848800982
• ISBN-13: 978-0848800987
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,032,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Czechoslovakian Miracle, December 21, 2000

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Miltiades Varvounis (Athens,Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Good Soldier Schweik (Hardcover)

The idea,the dialogs..everything here are clever and original...Hasek gives us a funny hero who you don't know if he is stupid or pretends the stupid in the chaotic disorganised Austrian army.The book is so entertaining,that actually cannot leave it from your hands...the most interesting is that "stupid"(?) Schweik is proved finally more clever than the other characters who search for glory,fame,recognition...who try to achieve something and gain something... This book is a Czechoslovakian Miracle...a masterpiece about a hero who has not the reputation of Alexander the Great or Napoleon...but somehow surpasses all the famous historical personalities...Scweik is the hero of Czechs and Slovaks without doubt.Read the book definitely...rarely you can find such stories and with many funny elements.