books by Milan Kundera     books:     Milan Kundera      Slowness: A Novel Milan Kundera Harper Perennial, 1997 Kundera's 'Slow' Meditation on Pleasure. Slowness offers a lesson for these fast-paced times, where "time is money," multi-tasking is a talent, and couples must schedule time together for their sexual interludes. Published after his better-known novels The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Immortality, Milan ...             The Art of the Novel (Perennial Classics) Milan Kundera Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003 Knowledge is the novel's only morality In these brilliant reflections Milan Kundera discusses fundamental characteristics of the novel, its history and its immorality. The object of the novel is the enigma of the self (the subject) functioning in a world full of ambiguities, where all things human are ...             The Joke (Definitive Version) Milan Kundera Harper Perennial, 1993 political or not At the end of the French edition I have there is a short comment of the author about the history of The Joke, including its interdiction in Czechoslovakia and the bad translations it had to go through afterwards. And finally, Kundera seems to feel relieved that now, ...             Immortality (Perennial Classics) Milan Kundera Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999 Oh I love this book. I picked up Unbearable Lightness at the library and thought I ought to read it because it seemed like I should. And I did. And I was right. So I thought, hm, I'm going to read everything Milan Kundera ever wrote. So I picked up Immortality at the library and ...             The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel Milan Kundera Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999 great i really enjoyed this book, it's one of those ones you have to think about. the story follows two couples, tomas and tereza and sabina and franz. these people are used to embody certain ideals and characteristics, and i interpreted their actions more as metaphor rather ...             Identity: A Novel Milan Kundera Harper Perennial, 1999 A Lesson for Lovers. Milan Kundera published Identity (L'Identité) after moving to France from Czechoslovakia in 1975. Kundera is perhaps best known for his 1984 novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Two things make Identity unique. It is arguably the most traditional novel Kundera ...             Life Is Elsewhere Milan Kundera, Aaron Asher Harper Perennial, 2000 A Poet at Odds with Totalitarianism. Who hasn't felt that life is happening elsewhere? Milan Kundera is perhaps best known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Set in World War II Czechoslovakia, where people were imprisoned for their opinions, his 1973 novel, Life Is Elsewhere (Zivot je jinde), is a ...             The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Milan Kundera Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999 Classic, devastating THE BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING is a sophisticated work of art. An amalgam of experimental fiction, straightforward storytelling, magical realism and metafiction, it successfully grapples with bigger than big themes, portraying the crucible that was Czechoslovakia ...             Laughable Loves Milan Kundera Harper Perennial, 1999 Finding Humor in the Erotic Impulse. "When it comes to commerce, the erotic is a touchy issue, because while everyone may covet the erotic life, everyone also hates it as the source of their troubles, their frustrations, their yearnings, their complexes, their sufferings" Milan Kundera, Identity (p. ...             The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts Milan Kundera Harper Perennial, 2008 A Literary Charismatic Kundera's book about the novel is not exactly as billed. These are not seven essays. What we have is a set of notes, some speculations and assertions about the past and future of the novel and its place in the world of literature and art. Since these happen to be ...             Testaments Betrayed: Essay in Nine Parts, An Milan Kundera Harper Perennial, 1996 Read This Book This is one of the most important books I've ever read. It is of interest, of course, to people involved with literature, music, translation, or who are interested in Kafka, Picasso, Hemmingway, Stravinsky, or others Kundera talks about. But I think the real ...             Farewell Waltz: A Novel Milan Kundera Harper Perennial, 1998 Enjoyable read from the profound Kundera. Summary: "[For] Kundera, the individual is the smallest cell of society, the object, not the subject of history." - Elisabeth Pochoda In a small spa town, seven characters searching for happiness find themselves intertwined in a waltz orchestrated by Milan Kundera. ...             Life Is Elsewhere Milan Kundera, Aaron Asher Harper Perennial, 2000 A Poet at Odds with Totalitarianism. Who hasn't felt that life is happening elsewhere? Milan Kundera is perhaps best known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Set in World War II Czechoslovakia, where people were imprisoned for their opinions, his 1973 novel, Life Is Elsewhere (Zivot je jinde), is a ...             Jacques & His Master Milan Kundera Harper Perennial, 1985 Kundera's first (and only) play Milan Kundera always called himself a novelist. He makes a fine distinction between writers and novelists. He thinks that his poems and his play (this play) are a peripheral part of his work. However, this work is important for Kundera. It is a variation of one of his ...             La Plaisanterie Milan Kundera French & European Pubns, 1987          products you might be interested in search for books definitive, forgetting, immortality, plaisanterie, testaments, unbearable      toavi.com    web we recommend great randomly chosen book: Raising Children to Care: A Jewish Guide to Childrearing