Behind the lines : Bugulma and other stories / Jaroslav Hasek ; english translation by Mark Corner ; illustrations by Jiři Grus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hašek, Jaroslav, 1883-1923, author.

Contributor:

Corner, Mark, translator.

Grus, Jiří, 1978- illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hašek, Jaroslav, 1883-1923--Translations into English.

Hašek, Jaroslav.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Fiction.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

[Prague, Czech Republic] : Karolinum Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jaroslav Hasek is a Czech writer most famous for his widely read if incomplete novel The Good Soldier Schweik, a series of absurdist vignettes about a recalcitrant WWI soldier. Hasek was remarkably prolific, and he wrote hundreds of short stories that all display both his extraordinary gift for satire and his profound distrust of authority. Here, in a new English translation, are a series of short stories based on Hasek's experiences as a Red Commissar in the Russian Civil War and his return to Czechoslovakia. First published in the Prague Tribune, these nine stories are considered to be some of his best, and they provide delightful entertainment as well as important background and insight into The Good Soldier Schweik. This collection is much more than a tool for understanding Hasek's better known novel; it is a significant work in its own right. Behind the Lines focuses on the Russian town of Bugulma, and takes aim, with mordant wit, at the inefficiency of small town bureaucracy. A hidden gem remarkable for its modern, ribald sense of humor, Behind the Lines is an enjoyable, fast-paced anthology of great literary and historical value.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Commanding Officer, Town of Bugulma

Second-in-Command to the Commanding Officer, Town of Bugulma

The Via Dolorosa

A Strategic Hitch

Bugulma's Glory Days

New Dangers

Potemkin's Villages

There Is a Hitch with the Prisoners

Before the Revolutionary Tribunal of the Eastern Front

The Supreme Truth which Is Chên-shih

Cross Purposes

Shake the Dust from your Shoes

How I Came to Meet the Author of my Obituary

The Fun of Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)

Translator's Note and Acknowledgement.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF copyright page (ebrary, viewed January 15, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

80-246-2910-0

80-246-2580-6

OCLC:

908097243