• The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War [Russian Edition]

  • By: Jaroslav Hasek
  • Narrated by: Vladimir Samoylov
  • Length: 28 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (25 ratings)

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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War [Russian Edition]

By: Jaroslav Hasek
Narrated by: Vladimir Samoylov
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Publisher's summary

Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards, getting drunk, and becoming a general nuisance, the resourceful Švejk uses all his natural cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the doctors, police, clergy, and officers who chivvy him towards battle. The story of a "little man" caught in a vast bureaucratic machine, The Good Soldier Švejk combines dazzling wordplay and piercing satire to create a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war.

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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no story wahatsoever

Would you try another book from Jaroslav Hasek and/or Vladimir Samoylov?

no

Has Pohozhdeniya bravogo soldata Shveyka [The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War] turned you off from other books in this genre?

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What didn’t you like about Vladimir Samoylov’s performance?

no story. just empty talk

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disappointment

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very dull and boring book, waited for the story but it never came. It started and ended on the same note.

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The most entertaining book I've read in years!

Interesting, hilarious, confusing at times, entertaining, addictive, amazing! This book was recommended to me by my parents and to be honest I don't really read books about war...at all. But after I started listening to this audio book I was hooked! Would recommend it to anyone!

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Ant understand Russian.

Wish I’d paid closer attention. I’ve now ordered the English versION BUT I CANT SEEM TO FIND A WAYTO RETURN THE Russian version

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Not In English

This book is read in Polish, not English. I don’t speak Polish. It would have been helpful to know that before wasting a credit on it!

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