The Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk

The world-famous satirical novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek in a brilliant translation by Ukrainian poet, translator and participant in the liberation struggle Stepan-Yuri Maslyak
The edition is supplemented with a foreword by poet, translator and literary critic Halyna Kruk
At the center of the novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek is the good-natured soldier Švejk, who gets into comical and sometimes quite tragic adventures.

“The Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk” is the life story of a simple man and at the same time a piercing satire — a protest against war and violence during the First World War. Thanks to the brilliant play on words, descriptions of numerous adventures, anecdotes and realistically depicted everyday life, the novel, designed to ridicule the hypocritical face of imperialism, does not lose its relevance in our time.

Why is it worth reading the book “The Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk”?
A satirical novel about the fate of a common man in wartime.
Translated by Ukrainian poet, translator, and participant in the liberation struggle Stepan-Yuriy Maslyak.
The edition is supplemented with a foreword by poet, translator, and literary critic Halyna Kruk.
The novel appears to be unfinished: the author died of alcohol intoxication without finishing his own masterpiece.