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*The Book of Laughter and Forgetting* is a 1979 novel by Czech-French author Milan Kundera, written during his exile in France. The book is structured as a collection of seven interconnected parts that blend fictional narratives with philosophical essays. It examines the manipulation of history by t...
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Highly regarded Kundera novel, formally inventive political meditation, though less universally beloved than Unbearable Lightness.
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*The Joke* is the debut novel of Czech-French writer Milan Kundera, published in 1967. The narrative follows Ludvík Jahn, a young student whose life is systematically destroyed after he sends a sarcastic postcard mocking Marxist slogans to his girlfriend. Following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czecho...
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Strong Kundera debut, historically important and critically respected, with slightly narrower reach than later work.
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