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Joke (Revised)
Joke (Revised) | Milan Kundera
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All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after "The Joke" was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence. The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of "The Joke." For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.
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Taking a vacation in Prague this week and my husband is VERY absorbed in his Milan Kundera book. I took a short bathroom break and came out to find him like this. 📖 📖

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#startswithj #splashintosummerreads
I know I read this book in college but I cannot recall for which class. I immediately went out and bought the Unbearable Lightness of Being when I finished it but I remember next to nothing else about it.

DeborahSmall I love Kundera. I read this 20 years ago and can't remember anything about it!! 7y
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Youth is a terrible thing: it is a stage trod by children in buskins and fancy costumes mouthing speeches they've memorized and fanatically believe but only half understand.

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"Optimism is the opium of mankind! A healthy spirit stinks of stupidity! Long live Trotsky!"

Saknicole I need to read that book!! It's at the top of my list! 8y
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