{"product_id":"behind-the-lines-bugulma-and-other-stories-9788024632872","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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karolinum Press, Charles University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788024632872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 5.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Jaroslav Hasek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935708188853,"sku":"9788024632872","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e3924af4-19d0-4317-8c28-d607ab9beccd.jpg?v=1688492538","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/behind-the-lines-bugulma-and-other-stories-9788024632872","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}