{"product_id":"behind-the-lines","title":"Behind the Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003eJaroslav Hašek 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. Hašek—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 Hašek’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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42828194447421,"sku":"9788024632872","price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9788024632872_f0141923-930b-4963-8edb-10812c75fcbf.jpg?v=1766950029","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/behind-the-lines","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}