The Good Soldier Svejk on CD in a Context of Classic Satire [CD-ROM]

Jaroslav Hasek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 14, 2009

A new and delightful translation of The Good Soldier vejk by Jaroslav Hasek the anti-war satire classic from World War I on CD. This copyrighted work is included by special arrangement with the translators in a context of 43 classic works of satire plus 325 vintage issues of Punch, the British humor magazine. Translated by Zdenek "Zenny" K. Sadlon and Mike Joyce.

Intended for use with Windows PCs and recent Macs (OS X), these books are in plain-text format, not audio or video. You read them on your computer screen. (The Good Soldier vejk is also presented in .doc Word format).

Table of Contents

The Good Soldier Svejk

Classic works of satire

Aristophanes * Lysistrata

Ambrose Bierce * The Devil's Dictionary

Sebastian Brant * The Ship of Fools

Samuel Butler * Erewhon * Erewhon Revisited

Miguel Cervantes * Don Quixote

Desiderius Erasmus * The Praise of Folly

Gilbert and Sullivan * All 14 plays/operettas

Charlotte Perkins Stetson * Herland

Nikolai Gogol * Dead Souls * The Inspector General

Lucian of Samosata * volume 1 * volume 2 * volume 3

Sir Thomas More * Utopia

William Morris * News from Nowhere

Alexander Pope * Essay on Man * The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems

Francois Rabelais * volume 1 * volume 2 * volume 3 * volume 4 * volume 5

Laurence Sterne * Tristram Shandy

Jonathan Swift * The Battle of the Books * Gulliver's Travels * A Modest Proposal * A Tale of a Tub

Mark Twain * The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg * What Is Man? and Other Essays

Punch or the London Charivari (the British humor magazine)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Hasek's brilliant invention of vejk, the card-carrying imbecile, and his remarkable adventures, provided many hours of uproarious laughter . . . It is very good to see that classic Eastern European literature is making its way into the culture. Svejk lives!" --Larry Heinemann, National Book Award winner

"Justice is a term rarely found in 'literary' discussions, but Mike Joyce and Zenny Sadlon have sought and delivered exactly that to Jaroslav Ha ek and the rest of us." This translation of The Good Soldier vejk comes closer to Ha ek's original absurdist protests of war, class systems, and government than the previous English translation tried to convey. Unable to read Czech, I can only put their translation up next to its predecessor and cast my vote. In their effort, Joyce and Sadlon remind us that 'justice' in any arena - especially literary - has to be fought for. I believe those who read this book will join the fight." --Zak Mucha, author of The Beggars' Shore

"Jaroslav Ha ek's The Good Soldier vejk is one of the world's great novels, and this is a brilliant new translation. Captured here for the first time in the English language is the zany, colloquial audacity of Ha ek's wild genius vejk is no dainty classic meant to fade quietly into obscurity on the dusty shelves of academia, but a bellowing barroom brawl of a book that will forever have everyday people doubled-up with the painful laughter of recognition. Catch 22, Slaughterhouse Five and countless other cherished works owe a great deal to vejk, and the English-speaking world owes a great deal to Zenny Sadlon and Mike Joyce." --Don De Grazia, author of American Skin

About the Author

Jaroslav Hasek (b. April 30, 1883, Prague, Czechoslovakia, d. January 3, 1923, Lipnice, Czechoslovakia.) Czech writer best known for The Good Soldier vejk, considered one of the greatest masterpieces of satirical writing.

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: B & R Samizdat Express (December 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0915232545
• ISBN-13: 978-0915232543
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,273,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)