{"product_id":"behind-the-lines-bugulma-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Behind the Lines: Bugulma and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJaroslav Hasek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Corner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaroslav Hasek \u003c\/b\u003e(1883‒1923) was a Czech satirist who wrote over 1,400 short stories, as well as the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier Schweik\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMark Corner \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator, author, and lecturer in religious and European studies who lives and works in Brussels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.3 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729914859583,"sku":"9788024632872","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a320e95ee25cfa9e5de3490a9b1ac1ad.webp?v=1765124091","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/behind-the-lines-bugulma-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}