The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera
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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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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 1999Showing 10 featured editions. View all 42 editions?
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Book of laughter and forgetting
1999, HarperPerennial
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- Perennial Classics ed.
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Le livre du rire et de l'oubli
1987, Gallimard
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1983, Penguin, Penguin Books Ltd
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Originally published in Czech; this book is a second, entirely different translation from the French Livre du rire et de l'oubli.
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| December 19, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
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