The Czech Books You Must Read
The Good Soldier Švejk: Jaroslav Hašek’s comic masterpiece
The Czech Books You Must Read
The Good Soldier Švejk: Jaroslav Hašek’s comic masterpiece
![S motivem Švejka se lze setkat na několika místech i v Praze, foto: Steve Collis, Flickr, CC BY 2.0](/sites/default/files/styles/detail/public/rapi/svejk_malba_betlemske_namesti.jpg?h=e70c8162&itok=tzmxJl9L)
Radio Prague Int.
Jaroslav Hašek’s The Good Soldier Švejk is a classic of not just Czech but world literature. Is soldier Josef Švejk employing exaggerated zeal to cunningly mock the Austro-Hungarian army’s war effort? Or is he genuinely slow-witted? The 1920s comic masterpiece leaves it to the reader to decide.
Ian Willoughby
Ian Willoughby