{"product_id":"behind-the-lines-bugulma-and-other-stories-9788024632872","title":"Behind the Lines: Bugulma and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jaroslav Hasek\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Karolinum Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Karolinum Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\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\u003e and 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\u003e is an enjoyable, fast-paced anthology of great literary and historical value.","brand":"Univ of Chicago Behalf of Karolinum Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45414862094487,"sku":"9788024632872","price":944.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788024632872.webp?v=1767106845","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/behind-the-lines-bugulma-and-other-stories-9788024632872","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}