The curtain, an essay in seven parts, Milan Kundera ; translated from the French by Linda Asher
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The curtain, an essay in seven parts, Milan Kundera ; translated from the French by Linda Asher
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eng
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non fiction
Main title
The curtain
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64625045
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Milan Kundera ; translated from the French by Linda Asher
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an essay in seven parts
Summary
"In this essay, Kundera sketches out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilization. Too often, he suggests, a novel is thought about only within the confines of the language and nation of its origin, when in fact the novel's development has always occurred across borders"--Inside cover
Table Of Contents
The consciousness of continuity -- Die Weltliteratur -- Getting into the soul of things -- What is a novelist? -- Aesthetics and existence -- The torn curtain -- The novel, memory, forgetting
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