The Joke :'A very beautiful novel.' (Salman Rushdie)
The Joke :'A very beautiful novel.' (Salman Rushdie)
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Published:
21 August, 2000
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The debut by author of modern classic The Unbearable Lightness of Being, of which Salman Rushdie said: 'It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties, comedy and wisdom of this very beautiful novel.'
' A funny, sad, gripping, wise, marvellous book.' Sunday Times
Ludvik returns to his hometown a bitter man with a single aim: to do unto others what has been done to him. Expelled from the Communist Party as a student for a youthful joke, he has spent years exiled to a bleak labour camp. awaiting his chance for revenge on those who betrayed him - and one-time friends, lovers and comrades soon become entwined in his machinations as he devises the perfect plan . . .
Kundera's iconoclastic debut novel was a sensation during the Prague Spring: later banned, it launched his worldwide literary reputation, and its passionate exploration of humour, censorship and individualism is even more powerful over half a century later.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571166930 |
| ISBN10 | 0571166938 |
| Number Of Pages | 336 |
| Item Weight | 272 g |
| Product Dimensions | 126 x 198 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber & Faber |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main - Re-issue |
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A thoughtful, intricate, ambivalent novel with the reach of greatness in it. --John UpdikeA
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Author's Bio
The French-Czech novelist Milan Kundera was born in the Czech Republic and has lived in France since 1975. He died in Paris in 2023.