{"product_id":"behind-the-lines-jaroslav-hasek-9788024620138","title":"Behind the Lines: Bugulma and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eJaroslav Hasek is a Czech writer most famous for his wickedly funny, widely read, yet incomplete novel \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier Schweik\u003c\/i\u003e, a series of absurdist vignettes about a recalcitrant WWI soldier. Hasek--in spite of a life of buffoonery and debauchery--was remarkably prolific. He wrote hundreds of short stories that all display both his extraordinary gift for satire and his profound distrust of authority. \u003ci\u003eBehind the Lines\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of nine short stories first published in the \u003ci\u003ePrague Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eand considered to be some of Hasek's best. Based on his experiences as a Red Commissar in the Russian Civil War and his return to Czechoslovakia, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Lines\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the Russian town of Bugulma, taking aim, with mordant wit, at the absurdities of a revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Providing important background and insight into \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier Schweik\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection by a writer some call the Bolshevik Mark Twain is nevertheless much more than a tool for understanding his better-known novel; it is a significant work in its own right. A hidden gem remarkable for its modern, ribald sense of humor, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Lines \u003c\/i\u003eis an enjoyable, fast-paced anthology of great literary and historical value.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaroslav Hasek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8024620138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788024620138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karolinum Press, Charles University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Jaroslav Hasek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519838695679,"sku":"9788024620138","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d53f753-d8b9-4384-9e64-51f23a231506.jpg?v=1778739137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/behind-the-lines-jaroslav-hasek-9788024620138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}