{"id":3101,"date":"2020-12-10T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T15:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2024-01-01T13:37:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T13:37:37","slug":"desert-island-judit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/desert-island-judit\/","title":{"rendered":"Books for a Desert Island: Judit&#8217;s Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Books-for-a-Desert-Island.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Books-for-a-Desert-Island-300x300.png\" alt=\"cover art\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Books-for-a-Desert-Island-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Books-for-a-Desert-Island-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Books-for-a-Desert-Island-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Books-for-a-Desert-Island-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/11\/Books-for-a-Desert-Island.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2JCROGp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Good Soldier<\/em>\u00a0<em>\u0160vejk<\/em><\/a> by Czech humorist-anarchist-writer, Jaroslav Ha\u0161ek, is the book I have kept around me all my life. In my office I also display a sketch by Josef Lada, who illustrated the full novel, which was originally published in weekly installments in 1921-1923. A symbol of passive resistance by means of incompetence and idiocy (whether it&#8217;s faked or real is undetermined and irrelevant), \u0160vejk, an alcoholic dog thief by profession, pulls off the ultimate survival stunt in the Austro-Hungarian Army in a diverse, multi-ethnic environment during World War I.<\/p>\n<p>A hilarious satire of all dictatorship, the book is a treasure trove of stereotypes presented in Ha\u0161ek&#8217;s absurdist style, portraying traits (particularly the ineptitude of authority figures) not only through their actions but also via their style and language register in bizarre, farcical situations. \u0160vejk is an equal-opportunity crude satire, mocking everyone and everything, regardless of socioeconomic status\u2013\u2013sparing no authority, such as the police, the military or the church.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/The-Good-Soldier-Svejk-Audiobook\/B002V8KYO6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51lNzIkm+3L._SL500_.jpg\" alt=\"cover art\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a>In a world of self-proclaimed hierarchy full of bullies, this simple-minded little guy still charms our 21st-century first-world socks off with his semi-simplisictic wisdom and his resourcefulness in practicing a basic instinct of all humans and animals: self-preservation. With its obscenities, vulgar language, and unprecedented sarcasm all still familiar, as the abnormal seems to be the new normal, <em>The Good Soldier<\/em>\u00a0<em>\u0160vejk<\/em> has stood the test of time for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-664\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2019\/08\/Svejk-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-664\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2019\/08\/Svejk-1-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"poster\" width=\"579\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2019\/08\/Svejk-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2019\/08\/Svejk-1.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster created as sample for class assignment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More in the series<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>The Best of Roald Dahl<\/i> by Roald Dahl (stories for adults by author popular with children) \u2013 read the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/desert-island-julie\">post by Julie Rossano<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/fifth-season-broken-earth-series-book-1\/oclc\/1126038824&amp;referer=brief_results\">The Fifth <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/fifth-season-broken-earth-series-book-1\/oclc\/1126038824&amp;referer=brief_results\">Season<\/a> by N K Jemisin and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/house-in-the-cerulean-sea\/oclc\/1145278215?referer=br&amp;ht=edition\">Th<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/house-in-the-cerulean-sea\/oclc\/1145278215?referer=br&amp;ht=edition\">e House <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/house-in-the-cerulean-sea\/oclc\/1145278215?referer=br&amp;ht=edition\">in the Cerulean Sea<\/a> by TJ Klune (one for the brain, one for the heart) \u2013 read the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/desert-island-jenny\">post by Jenny Coffman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>The Arcades Project<\/em> by Walter Benjamin (1927-40, unfinished work of cultural criticism) \u2013 read the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/desert-island-nick\">post by Nick Allred<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A copy of The Good Soldier\u00a0\u0160vejk by Czech humorist-anarchist-writer, Jaroslav Ha\u0161ek, is the book I have kept around me all my life. 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