The Good Soldier: And His Fortunes in the World WarHasek, Jaroslav
9780048233080
War With the Newts
Karel Capek; Ewald Osers
ISBN 10: 0048233080 / 0-04-823308-0
ISBN 13: 9780048233080
Publisher: Unwin Paperbacks
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Softcover
ISBN 13: 9780048233080
Publisher: Unwin Paperbacks
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Softcover
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Review:"It is splendidly done. The mere verisimilitude of the account, the vivid detail that so accurately suggests the whole of the contemporary scene, is in itself an achievement; but the great merit of the book lies in its scathing irony. The methods practiced in the name of politics, economics, education and all the rest are pilloried, and discomfited by the slings and arrows of outrageous wit. It is magnificent, and if it is not war, it is a massacre, anyway, of the far from innocent."
Christian Science Monitor, 03/02/1937
Review:"The improbable premise is pursued rigorously to its conclusions, through a series of slyly comic scenes in which every kind of early twentieth-century human endeavour is subjected to Capek's courteous, lacerating satire....[W]ith a distinctive wit, Karel Capek writes in a fantastic mode, the better to reflect on pressing realities, and is both preoccupied with the reform of the human race, and bleakly sceptical as to its likelihood. Sixty-five years after this novel's first publication, its unshowy outrage, its humane ironies and its resolve to come to terms with history remain as vital as its despair."
Sam Thompson, Times Literary Supplement, 11/23/2001
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Book Description: Unwin Paperbacks, 1985. Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. light handling, tiny section of cover peeled with remonval of price sticker.() One of the great anti-utopian satires of the twentieth century, an inspiration to writers from Orwell to Vonnegut, at last in a modern translation. Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that the newts gain skills and arms enough to challenge man's place at the top of the animal kingdom. Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism, fascism, journalism, militarism, even Hollywood. All orders are shipped by Kbooks every business day using USPS Media Mail for American orders and Canada Post for Canada bound orders (from Toronto). Overweight books (>1 kg) dispatched outside North America may require additional shipping charges. Bookseller Inventory # mon0000069147 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1985. 19.8 x 12.9 cm. [iv] + 241 pp. + [11] pp. publisher's advertisements. Original pictorial card wrappers illustrated by Terry Pastor. Very slight marginal chipping of covers. Newly translated from the Czech for this edition. ISBN 0-04-823308-0. First edition thus. VG+. Bookseller Inventory # 1995 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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