The Good Soldier Švejk

The Czech literature’s main work—what became a true manifesto, a symbol of the horror and meaninglessness of war!

“The Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk” is perhaps one of the most original books in the entire history of 20th-century prose. A book that can be taken as one big, absolutely inimitable “soldier’s yarn” full of folk slyness—or as a classic work of literature from the last century. Funny? Hilariously funny! But very often, through the tinkling and exuberant humor of “the garrison anecdote,” the true essence of Švejk shines through—a desperate and powerful call to “lay down your arms and think”…