[WWI] The Good Soldier Švejk

[Carlos Carreira]

Read it more than 30 years ago, time to read it again!

Man, I'm feeling old...

Carlos

2008/9/11 Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford at volvo.com>

>
> Just a head-up for those of you who haven't read The Good Soldier Švejk
> by Jaroslav Hašek. It's about a Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army
> during WW1, and is hilarious. But also very political and shows what a
> complete cock-up the Austrian-Hungarian empire was. I'm reading it again
> and at the same time I'm reading Air aces of the Austrian-Hungarian empire
> 1914-18 by Martin O'Connor, also a terrific read. Reading Svejk at the same
> time gives it a very interesting perspective, many of the pilots were
> in the same situation as Svejk, flying for Austria but not really
> belonging,
> and not officers so often discriminated.
> /Neil
> NB. Albatross DIII oeffag ser.253 by a strange coincedence.
>
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