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This is the third Kundera novel I've read and the one I've liked the best. It has a slightly complicated structure which I think made it more entertaining to read. It explores how futile it is to seek vengeance and that anger is often a waste of our energy. The story was engaging and kept my interest up.
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Misanthropes, misogynists, and decievers. This book was a tough one for me and not funny.
This novel opens with Ludvik Jahn returning to his hometown in Moravia with an ulterior motive that becomes clear through the book. In his youth, Ludvik had made the mistake of sending a politically unsound postcard as a joke to his girlfriend of the time, despite knowing that she took everything seriously, and of course it was reported and he was sent to work in the mines. Slowly we discover (through his point of view and others) how he got from there to now, and pick up all the threads that co
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Reason read: TBR takedown for July. I think I enjoyed this one the best of all the Kundera that I've read. The edition I read was thoroughly translated to Kundera's standards and reflects the original as closely as possible. I think he revised in 6 ttimes. The note at the end explains this. The audio book was read by Richmond Hoxie. The author writes about love in a communist environment. He also writes about Christianity and communism which was interesting and about folk tales. The theme is hum
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