{"product_id":"the-good-soldier-svejk-everymans-library-9780679420361","title":"The Good Soldier Svejk (Everyman's Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresented here in a stunning hardcover edition  The Good Soldier vejk  written in the aftermath of World War I by Czech humorist Jaroslav Haek (18831923)  stands as the classic satiric portrait of a little man waging war against authority.  The unassuming and affable vejk  having been called to serve in the Austro-Hungarian army at the start of the Great War  shrewdly plays the bumbling fool and makes a genial nuisance of himself  managing to avoid ever reaching the front while appearing loyally determined to do so. Possessed of an unerring talent for finding himself in (and extricating himself from) the most chaotic and absurd situations  vejk represents  in his instinct for survival  all those human values that stand opposed to the utter futility of warfare. Haeks novel  inspired by the authors own wartime escapades  has entertained readers in more than fifty languages for nearly a century and has come to define the spirit of comic endurance necessary to withstand the manglings of a modern-day bureaucratic war machine.  This hardcover edition  translated and introduced by Cecil Parrott  is lavishly illustrated with 156 drawings by Haeks friend and colleague  the Czech cartoonist Josef Lada  and includes maps  a guide to pronouncing Czech names  a bibliography  and a chronology of the authors life and times.  Everymans Library pursues the highest production standards  printing on acid-free cream-colored paper  with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping  decorative endpapers  silk ribbon markers  European-style half-round spines  and a jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction  a select bibliography  and a chronology of the authors life and times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665830142005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679420363","price":39.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780679420361.jpg?v=1782409047","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-good-soldier-svejk-everymans-library-9780679420361","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}