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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

by Milan Kundera

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#436

3.25 (4 reviews)
Pages
313

Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970s. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized,...

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red13x

Mar 16th, 2022

A interesting book full of short stories and an insight into the author’s life.

forline

Apr 27th, 2018

I'm glad I read this but I was not fond of any of the characters.

bryanoz

Jul 17th, 2017

Keith

Jul 30th, 2013

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