SaturninOn its initial publication in Czech in 1942, Saturnin was a best seller, its gentle satire offering an unexpectedif temporaryreprieve 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 timewhich is entirely appropriate, for author Zdenk Jirotka clearly modeled his light comedy on the English