The Joke
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From the Publisher:
All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.
The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.
All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.
The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.
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Mailed to tabby-cat-owner. However, I did not read the warning on self serve mail drops so it may come back to me before it actually makes it to tabby-cat-owner.
Mailed to tabby-cat-owner. However, I did not read the warning on self serve mail drops so it may come back to me before it actually makes it to tabby-cat-owner.
received in the mail from harper415sc of Charleston, South Carolina as an RABCK.
Thank you for this book, harper415sc. It arrived safe and sound.
Thank you for this book, harper415sc. It arrived safe and sound.
This book is a masterpiece. It is not merely a book about thwarted love and revenge as described by the "publisher". The desire for revenge is a major theme of the book, but the revenge is about lives and dreams destroyed by the selfishness of others, individual and group. This book is set in the crazy milieu of a communist country but people are the same everywhere and the themes presented in this book are universal. The book does explore the themes of love and romance among others.
Journal Entry 5 by tabby-cat-owner at a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (6/1/2011 UTC) at a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This book has been mailed to RaineeRose of Rochester, New York.
I hope you enjoy this book, RaineeRose.
I hope you enjoy this book, RaineeRose.
Received today. Thanks, Tabby-Cat-Owner. I'm looking forward to reading this!
