Humor books from Czech Republic
Recommended humor books (3)
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If you are into humor here are some humor books from Czech Republic for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
A comic, picaresque novel set against the backdrop of twentieth-century Czech history, about the rise and fall of an ambitious busboy in Prague.
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The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hašek EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
In The Good Soldier Svejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war. Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I—although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting drunk, he uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle. Cecil Parrott's vibrant... continue
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Yo serví al rey de Inglaterra by Bohumil Hrabal ES
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
En la década de 1930, en Praga, un joven aprendiz de camarero, Jan, logra su primer trabajo dispuesto a convertirse en dueño de un hotel e ingresar en el selecto club de los millonarios. Listo y ambicioso, todo lo supeditará a alcanzar el éxito y el reconocimiento social. Pero el punto de vista de Jan es a menudo equivocado: se casa con una alemana que adora a Hitler justo cuando las tropas nazis entran en Praga, y se convierte en millonario justo cuando en su país se implanta el comunismo. Con un brillante sentido del humor y escenas hilarantes, Hrabal nos cuenta las picarescas peripecias del... continue