https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/jaroslav_hasek/ Recent content in Jaroslav_hasek on George's Blog Hugo en-US Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-good-soldier-vejk/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:32:01 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-good-soldier-vejk/ <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>One of Czech&rsquo;s most popular novels, it follows Svejk as his simplicity gets him into all sorts of hijinks during the start of the first world war.</p> <p><strong>Thoughts</strong></p> <p>Reminded me of &lsquo;No Time for Sergeants&rsquo; a farce where the main character is an &ldquo;idiot&rdquo; but is always honest, and his simplicity is used to set off the stupidity of the society he is embedded in. Some fairly decent laughs throughout, could not say I was thoroughly entertained, but if you are in the mood for this sort of thing, then it will do the job!</p>