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Milan Kundera
Laughable Loves
Faber and Faber Limited; London, UK; 2004; 0571222218 / 9780571222216; First Edition; Paperback; New; New;
Milan Kundera is a master of graceful illusion and illuminating surprise. This collection contains stories about the sport of love—Don Juanism, ageing, male and female power and seductions undertaken for all kinds of intriguing motives. In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road—only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God. In yet another, girls wait in bars, on beaches and on station platforms for the same lover, a middle-aged Don Juan who has gone home to his wife. Games, fantasies and schemes abound in all the stories while different characters react in varying ways to the sudden release of erotic impulses. Printed Pages: 304. 003320
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6.99 USD
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Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Penguin; New Delhi, India; 2004; 057122220X / 9780571222209; First Edition; Paperback; New; New;
In this novel—a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities—Milan Kundera addresses himself to the nature of twentieth-century `Being'. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. We feel, says the novelist, `the unbearable lightness of being'—not only as the consequence of our private acts but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine. Juxtaposing Prague, Geneva, Thailand and the United States, this masterly novel encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, and embraces, it seems, all aspects of human existence. It offers a wide range of brilliant and amusing philosophical speculations and it descants on a variety of styles. Printed Pages: 312. 033792
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5.90 USD
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