Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Modern Czech Classics
ISBN-10
8024632888
ISBN-13
9788024632889
Edition
Classroom Edition
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Imprint
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 14th, 2016
Print length
263 Pages
Weight
268 grams
Dimensions
13.50 x 18.90 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)Fiction in translation
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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 Zdenek 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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