Saturnin

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Product details

  • ISBN 9788024606835
  • Weight: 567g
  • Dimensions: 17 x 24mm
  • Publication Date: 01 May 2006
  • Publisher: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
  • Publication City/Country: CZ
  • Product Form: Hardback
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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'. Enlivened with new, full-color illustrations by Czech graphic artist Adolph Born, "Saturnin" will warm the heart of any fan of literary comedy.
Zdenek Jirotka (1911-2003) is the author of radio plays, novels, and short stories. Mark Adrian Corner is a part-time lecturer at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel. He is the author or translator of several books.

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