An edition of Kniha smíchu a zapomnění (1979)

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

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An edition of Kniha smíchu a zapomnění (1979)

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.8 (16 ratings) ·
  • 74 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Czech: Kniha smíchu a zapomnění) is a novel by Milan Kundera, published in France in 1979. It is composed of seven separate narratives united by some common themes. The book considers the nature of forgetting as it occurs in history, politics and life in general. The stories also contain elements found in the genre of magic realism. - Wikipedia

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
237

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Subjects

Czech fiction, Translations into English, Fiction, Social conditions, Czechs, English fiction, Translations from Czech, Black humor, 18.56 Czech language and/or literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Translated from Czech, Romance literature, Fiction, humorous, general, Literature--translations into english, Pq2671.u47 b6613 1999, Pg5039.21.u6 k613 1999

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Cover of: Book of laughter and forgetting
Book of laughter and forgetting
1999, HarperPerennial
in English - Perennial Classics ed.
Cover of: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1996, HarperPerennial
in English
Cover of: The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting
The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting
1996, Faber & Faber
in English
Cover of: The book of laughter and forgetting
The book of laughter and forgetting
1986, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: El libro de la risa y el olvido
El libro de la risa y el olvido
1984, Seix Barral
in Spanish - 2a ed
Cover of: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1983, Penguin, Penguin Books Ltd
in English
Cover of: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1982, Faber
in English
Cover of: Kniha smíchu a zapomnění
Kniha smíchu a zapomnění
1981, Sixty-Eight Publishers
in Czech
Cover of: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1981, Penguin Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Translation of: Kniha smíchu a zapomnění.

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Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Series
Writers from the other Europe

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
891.8/635
Library of Congress
PG5039.21.U6 K613 1981

The Physical Object

Pagination
237 p. ;
Number of pages
237

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4262750M
ISBN 10
0140059245
LCCN
81008533
OCLC/WorldCat
7555867
Library Thing
5158
Goodreads
997957

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL10402330W

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"In February 1948, the Communist leader Klement Gottwald stepped out on the balcony of a Baroque palace in Prague to harangue hundreds of thousands of citizens massed in Old Town Square."

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