Without Svejk, Joseph Heller has said, there would have been no Catch-22.” — The Guardian
“One of the greatest works of 20th century literature.” — Boston Globe
“Brilliant. ... Perhaps the funniest novel ever written.” — George Monbiot, The Guardian
“A literary masterpiece.” — New York Review of Books
“Hasek was a comic genius.” — Sunday Times (London)
“Rich and ranging, endlessly inventive. ... The predicaments of Svejk in an absurd world still continue. And the laughter echoes.” — Los Angeles Times
“[Svejk] is one of the great characters of 20th-century literature. ... [Hasek] captures the flavor of life in early-century Prague. ... Hasek’s honesty, clarity of detail, and pawky restraint have made The Good Soldier Svejk a near classic.” — New Republic
“All the good adjectives apply to [this novel]: robust, bawdy, sly, hugely comic and astonishingly inventive; it is also singularly undemanding on its readers. ... A very funny novel and a wise one.” — Newsweek
“Anyone in power, including the president would benefit from Jaroslav Hasek’s The Good Soldier Svejk. ... First because it would make them laugh, and then because it is the best antiwar novel I know.” — Colm Toibin, New York Times
“Continues to have an astonishing afterlife. ... Commonly cited as an ancestor of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22... [its] continued resonance suggests how deep a nerve Hasek touched. His comic hero highlights the illogic of war so brilliantly that Svejk’s character has been absorbed into Western culture.” — New York Times
“[A] comic masterpiece.” — Telegraph (UK)
“The classic comic novel of the First World War.” — New Yorker
“Joseph Heller’s literary predecessor. ... Jaroslav Hasek’s classic The Good Soldier Svejk set the bar for 20th-century military satire.” — Washington Post
“One of the masterpieces of Czech comic literature.” — Time Out
Rich and ranging, endlessly inventive. ... The predicaments of Svejk in an absurd world still continue. And the laughter echoes.
[Svejk] is one of the great characters of 20th-century literature. ... [Hasek] captures the flavor of life in early-century Prague. ... Hasek’s honesty, clarity of detail, and pawky restraint have made The Good Soldier Svejk a near classic.
Without Svejk, Joseph Heller has said, there would have been no Catch-22.
Continues to have an astonishing afterlife. ... Commonly cited as an ancestor of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22... [its] continued resonance suggests how deep a nerve Hasek touched. His comic hero highlights the illogic of war so brilliantly that Svejk’s character has been absorbed into Western culture.
A literary masterpiece.
Hasek was a comic genius.
All the good adjectives apply to [this novel]: robust, bawdy, sly, hugely comic and astonishingly inventive; it is also singularly undemanding on its readers. ... A very funny novel and a wise one.
Brilliant. ... Perhaps the funniest novel ever written.
One of the greatest works of 20th century literature.
Anyone in power, including the president would benefit from Jaroslav Hasek’s The Good Soldier Svejk. ... First because it would make them laugh, and then because it is the best antiwar novel I know.
Rich and ranging, endlessly inventive. ... The predicaments of Svejk in an absurd world still continue. And the laughter echoes.
All the good adjectives apply to [this novel]: robust, bawdy, sly, hugely comic and astonishingly inventive; it is also singularly undemanding on its readers. ... A very funny novel and a wise one.
[A] comic masterpiece.
Joseph Heller’s literary predecessor. ... Jaroslav Hasek’s classic The Good Soldier Svejk set the bar for 20th-century military satire.
The classic comic novel of the First World War.
One of the masterpieces of Czech comic literature.
Joseph Heller’s literary predecessor. ... Jaroslav Hasek’s classic The Good Soldier Svejk set the bar for 20th-century military satire.
The classic comic novel of the First World War.
One of the greatest works of 20th century literature.
