An edition of Směšné lásky (1965)

Laughable loves

Milan Kundera

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An edition of Směšné lásky (1965)

Laughable loves

Milan Kundera

  • 3.8 (6 ratings)
  • 52 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

"In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road - only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God. In yet another girls wait in bars, on beaches, and on station platforms for the same lover, a middle-aged Don Juan who has gone home to his wife. Games, fantasies, and schemes abound in all the stories while different characters react in varying ways to the sudden release of erotic impulses."--Publisher description.

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
242

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Edition Availability
Cover of: El libro de los amores ridículos
El libro de los amores ridículos
October 2000, Tusquets
Hardcover
Cover of: Laughable loves
Laughable loves
1999, Harper Perennial
in English - 1st Harper Perennial ed.
Cover of: El Libro de Los Amores Ridiculos
El Libro de Los Amores Ridiculos
September 1992, Tusquets
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Laughable loves
Laughable loves
1991, Faber
in English
Cover of: Das Buch der lächerlichen Liebe
Das Buch der lächerlichen Liebe
1989, Fischer Taschenbuch, Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt
in German
Cover of: Laughable loves
Laughable loves
1987, Penguin Books
in English - Rev. ed.
Cover of: Laughable loves
Laughable loves: Milan Kundera
1975, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Smesne lasky
Smesne lasky
1968, Atlantis
in Czech

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Table of Contents

Roth, P. Introduction.
The hitchhiking game.
Let the old dead make room for the young dead.
Nobody will laugh.
The golden apple of eternal desire.
Symposium.
Dr. Havel after ten years.
Edward and God.

Edition Notes

Translation of Sme s ne la sky.

Published in
New York
Series
Writers from the other Europe

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 242 p. ;
Number of pages
242

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL14132009M
ISBN 10
0140040447
LCCN
gb81010928
OCLC/WorldCat
2111274
LibraryThing
32386
Goodreads
528669

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL10423420W

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""Pour me some more slivovitz," said Klara, and I wasn't against it."

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