The Good Soldier Svejk (Everyman's Library Classics)

About this book

An attack on war which broadens into a satire on the ANCIEN REGIME of the Austro-Hungarian empire THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK recreates the age-old figure of the simple soldier whose sheer determination to survive brings into question the mighty social and political institutions he confronts. Set in a Central Europe which has long since vanished Haseks novel is nevertheless a timeless portrait of the little man doughtily waging his own war against authority