The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Paperback, 320 pages

English language

Published May 1, 1999 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.

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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Czech: Kniha smíchu a zapomnění) is a novel by Milan Kundera, published in France in 1979. It is composed of seven separate narratives united by some common themes. The book considers the nature of forgetting as it occurs in history, politics and life in general. The stories also contain elements found in the genre of magic realism. - Wikipedia

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  • Kundera, Milan - Prose & Criticism
  • Fiction - General
  • Fiction
  • Literary
  • Fiction / General
  • Reading Group Guide