Description
In its original Czech publication in 1942, Saturnin was a bestseller, and its gentle satire offered unexpected temporary relief from the grim reality of the German occupation. Since then, the novel has been regarded as a classic of Czech literature, and this translation makes it available to English-language readers for the first time. This is fitting, since the author, Zdeněk Jirotka, clearly modelled his light comedy on the English masters Jerome K. Jerome and P. G. Wodehouse. The novel’s central character, Saturnin, a “gentleman’s gentleman” evidently indebted to Wodehouse’s Jeeves, is constantly battling to protect his employer from romantic disasters and intrusive relatives such as Aunt Kate, the “Prague dictionary of Slavic proverbs”. Saturnin will warm the heart of any admirer of literary comedy.
Information
Author: Jirotka Zdeněk
Language: Russian
Publication date: January 17, 2014
Manufacturer: Nakladatelství Karolinum
Genres: Russian literature, Foreign language books, Books
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 263
ISBN/EAN: 9788024621616