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The Joke

Af: Milan Kundera Engelsk Paperback

The Joke

Af: Milan Kundera Engelsk Paperback
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"A thoughtful, intricate, ambivalent novel with the reach of greatness in it." —John Updike

"It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties, comedy, and wisdom of this very beautiful novel. Milan Kundera is an artist, clearly one of the best to be found anywhere, who says that the good (and evil) that issues from men''s souls matters much more than the deeds of a State. And he says it with passion, with good humor, and with love." —Salman Rushdie

All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, more than a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Milan Kundera ''s work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.

This edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author''s Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel''s narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.

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"A thoughtful, intricate, ambivalent novel with the reach of greatness in it." —John Updike

"It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties, comedy, and wisdom of this very beautiful novel. Milan Kundera is an artist, clearly one of the best to be found anywhere, who says that the good (and evil) that issues from men''s souls matters much more than the deeds of a State. And he says it with passion, with good humor, and with love." —Salman Rushdie

All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, more than a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Milan Kundera ''s work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.

This edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author''s Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel''s narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780060995058
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 006099505X
Kategori: Eastern Europe
Udg. Dato: 1 jan 1994
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 205mm
Højde: 134mm
Forlag: HarperCollins
Oplagsdato: 1 jan 1994
Forfatter(e): Milan Kundera
Forfatter(e) Milan Kundera

Kategori Eastern Europe

ISBN-13 9780060995058

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 336

Udgave

Længde 24mm

Bredde 205mm

Højde 134mm

Udg. Dato 1 jan 1994

Oplagsdato 1 jan 1994

Forlag HarperCollins