Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera
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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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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 1999Showing 11 featured editions. View all 42 editions?
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Book of Laughter and Forgetting
March 2001, Faber & Faber Ltd
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0571203876 9780571203871
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Book of laughter and forgetting
1999, HarperPerennial
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Le livre du rire et de l'oubli
1987, Gallimard
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- Nouv. éd. / rev. par l'auteur.
2070378314 9782070378319
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1983, Penguin, Penguin Books Ltd
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0140064168 9780140064162
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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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"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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| February 8, 2022 | Edited by dcapillae | Merge works |
| July 7, 2012 | Edited by AMillarBot | remove series from title (Faber Essentials) |
| June 9, 2011 | Edited by Budelberger | merge authors |
| August 6, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |