Saturnin

Author: Zdenek Jirotka; Mark Adrian Corner (Translator)

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ISBN : 9788024632889
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
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Weight (g) : 0.268
Publication date : January 2017
Dimensions : 2.12 Centimeters X 12.94 Centimeters X 19.51 Centimeters
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Author : Zdenek Jirotka; Mark Adrian Corner (Translator)
Series : Modern Czech Classics Ser.
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 891.8635
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On its initial publication in Czech in 1942, Saturnin was a best seller, its gentle satire offering an unexpected--if temporary--reprieve from the grim reality of the German occupation. In the years since, the novel has been hailed as a classic of Czech literature, and this translation makes it available to English-language readers for the first time--which is entirely appropriate, for author Zden??k Jirotka clearly modeled his light comedy on the English masters Jerome K. Jerome and P. G. Wodehouse. The novel's main character, Saturnin, a "gentleman's gentleman" who obviously owes a debt to Wodehouse's beloved Jeeves, wages a constant battle to protect his master from romantic disaster and intrusive relatives, such as Aunt Catherine, the "Prancing Dictionary of Slavic Proverbs." Saturnin will warm the heart of any fan of literary comedy.

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