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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... read more
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First Sentence edit
So here I was, home again after all those years.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 47 of 99 in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Great Gatsby, and followed by Contempt.
This is book 402 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Pilgrimage, and followed by No Laughing Matter.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Milan Kundera (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Michael Henry Heim
- David Hamblyn (Translator)
- Oliver Stallybrass (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0060149876
Page Count: 267
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0060149876
Page Count: 267
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 891.8635
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