An edition of Kniha smíchu a zapomnění (1979)

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

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An edition of Kniha smíchu a zapomnění (1979)

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.7 (15 ratings) ·
  • 68 Want to read
  • 9 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

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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Penguin, Penguin Books Ltd
Language
English
Pages
237

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Subjects

Czech fiction, Translations into English, Fiction, Social conditions, Czechs, English fiction, Translations from Czech, Black humor, 18.56 Czech language and/or literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Translated from Czech, Romance literature, Fiction, humorous, general, Literature--translations into english, Pq2671.u47 b6613 1999, Pg5039.21.u6 k613 1999

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Cover of: Book of laughter and forgetting
Book of laughter and forgetting
1999, HarperPerennial
in English - Perennial Classics ed.
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1996, HarperPerennial
in English
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The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting
1996, Faber & Faber
in English
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Cover of: Le livre du rire et de l'oubli
Le livre du rire et de l'oubli
1987, Gallimard
in French - Nouv. éd. / rev. par l'auteur.
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The book of laughter and forgetting
1986, Penguin Books
in English
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Cover of: El libro de la risa y el olvido
El libro de la risa y el olvido
1984, Seix Barral
in Spanish - 2a ed
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1983, Penguin, Penguin Books Ltd
in English
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1982, Faber
in English
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Cover of: Kniha smíchu a zapomnění
Kniha smíchu a zapomnění
1981, Sixty-Eight Publishers
in Czech
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1981, Penguin Books
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Edition Notes

Originally published, New York , Knopf, 1980 London , Faber, 1982.

Translation of, Kniha smíchu a zapomnění.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
891.8/635
Library of Congress
PG5039.21.U6 K613 1983

The Physical Object

Pagination
237p. ;
Number of pages
237

ID Numbers

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OL22354487M
Internet Archive
bookoflaughterfo0000kund
ISBN 10
0140064168
OCLC/WorldCat
11680213
Library Thing
5158
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464895

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"In February 1948, the Communist leader Klement Gottwald stepped out on the balcony of a Baroque palace in Prague to harangue hundreds of thousands of citizens massed in Old Town Square."

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