Bachura Scandal and Other Stories and Sketches

Jaroslav Hasek was a humorist and satirist of a rare order long before he wrote his celebrated novel The Good Soldier Svejk (1920-3). This selection of 32 pre-1914 stories of Prague life -- most of them translated into English for the first time -- revels in the twisted logic of politics and bureau [...]
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Jaroslav Hasek was a humorist and satirist of a rare order long before he wrote his celebrated novel The Good Soldier Svejk (1920-3). This selection of 32 pre-1914 stories of Prague life -- most of them translated into English for the first time -- revels in the twisted logic of politics and bureaucracy in the Czech capital which was also an Austrian provincial city.