Osudy dobrho vojka vejka za svtov vlky Haek Jaroslav (2026)

This Czech-language edition presents Jaroslav Haeks famous, unfinished four-part novel The Good Soldier vejk During the World War, a work translated into more than fifty languages and adapted for the stage, screen and comics. Although Haek first published stories featuring vejk in 1911, his wartime experience and disillusionment following the Bolshevik Revolution led to the novels creation. The story draws on numerous documents and texts referring to real events, places and people, while its exaggeration and grotesque humour ridicule official values and ideas, not only those of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. This edition follows Jarmila Vkovs earlier edition and incorporates a newly discovered manuscript of part of the novel, adding several previously unknown passages to the third and fourth parts. The text is prepared by Zdena Wiendlov and Ji Hol, who also provides the commentary and explanatory notes.