You already know the brave soldier Svejk from Yaroslav Hasek’s famous novel. Hasek died before he could tell of Svejk’s further adventures—so another Czech writer took over: Karel Vanek.
This time, Josef Svejk ends up in Russian captivity, learns Russian, finds himself in Siberia, and takes part in the revolution. Swallowed by the whirlpool of history, Svejk steadfastly endures all hardships and, finally, after the war ends, returns to Prague.
The fate of this amusing little man oddly resembles the fate of his creator—Yaroslav Hasek, who also took part in World War I, was captured by the Russians, was exiled to Siberia, where he met the revolution, and then returned to Czechoslovakia to begin work on his novel about the soldier Svejk…