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| Named Person: | Milan Kundera |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
François Ricard; Aaron Asher |
| ISBN: | 0060005645 9780060005641 |
| OCLC Number: | 51281073 |
| Description: | vi, 210 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The Novel of Fighting -- The Novel of Exile -- An Oeuvre's Borders -- Topography -- A Single Book -- About Dogs -- A Study of Rivers -- Balzac's Strategy -- The Path-Novel -- A Canon for Several Voices -- Intertwining Stories -- Stories Dreamed -- Stories from the Past -- The Novelist Self -- The Novel's Thought -- Thematic Unity -- The Rehabilitation of Episode -- The Art of the Chapter -- The Novelistic Moment -- The Libertine -- The Exile -- Epilogue. |
| Other Titles: | Dernier après-midi d'Agnès. |
| Responsibility: | François Ricard ; translated from the French by Aaron Asher. |
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Abstract:
A literary essay on ten Kundera works and three additional books that reflect his views of the novel's nature offers insight into how to read Kundera, likening his writing to a landscape to be explored and considering his contributions to literature.
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"[A] captivating work of literary criticism."--Library Journal
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