Name: The Joke
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Author: Milan Kundera

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Physical Book

Author

Milan Kundera

Publisher

Faber and Faber

Synopsis "The Joke "

Resume The Joke Milan Kundera s first novel gained him a huge following in his own country and launched his worldwide literary reputation. In his foreword Kundera explains why this completely revised translation is the definitive edition of his work.It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties comedy and wisdom of this very beautiful novel. The author of The Joke is clearly one of the best to be found anywhere. Salman Rushdie Observer

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera (/'mɪlan 'kundɛra/ Brno, April 1, 1929-Paris, July 11, 2023) was a Czech novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Since 1975, he lived with his wife in France, where he acquired citizenship in 1987.

Kundera's most famous work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Before the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the communist regime in Czechoslovakia banned his books. He led a low-profile life and rarely spoke to the media. He was thought to be a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature and was also nominated for other awards.

He received the Jerusalem Prize in 1985, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 1987, and the Herder Prize in 2000. In 2021, he was awarded the Order of Merit by the president of Slovenia.

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