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Title	:	The Joke
Author	:	Milan Kundera
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 371 pages
Published	:	1992 by Faber and Faber (first published 1967)
Categories	:	Fiction. European Literature. Czech Literature

The Joke Paperback | Pages: 371 pages

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All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now though, 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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Original Title:	Žert
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Slovakia

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57th book of 2020.The question is this: What Friends character are you? The answer, for me, is always (and easily) this: Chandler Bing. The reason behind it: I have made a few jokes in the past that have got me in trouble. A self-destructive defensive mechanism, possibly. So, the plot of The Joke has always interested me (not that I've ever told a joke concerning Trotsky) - and Kundera and I have had an interesting relationship. Which is what I say about a lot of writers, but there we go. I

On Monday at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon I decided I was going to read "The Joke." I don't really know why; it occurred to me out of the blue -- the only thought I'd ever given Kundera before that point was that the titles of his books obviously lived in a world devoid of irony in order to persist in their existence, and that that unironic world was one I wanted no part of. On the other hand, I really liked the title "The Joke" and I'd always liked the font in which it was written. That

402. Žert = The Joke, Milan KunderaThe Joke is Milan Kundera's first novel, originally published in 1967. The novel is composed of many jokes, which have strong effects on the characters. The story is told from the four viewpoints of Ludvik Jahn, Helena Zemánková, Kostka, and Jaroslav. Jaroslav's joke is the transition away from his coveted Moravian folk lifestyle and appreciation. Kostka, who has separated himself from the Communist Party due to his Christianity, serves as a counterpoint to

The joke, originally published in Czech in 1967 as The Zert, is Kundera's first novel.As it's title, the book is full of many jokes. There are seven chapters in the book and the story is told from the POV's of different characters. The timeline oscillates back and forth. I was really impressed by the depth of this book, and the eclectic characters.Each character throws different light on the same events each character describes previously.~It's the Czechoslovakia of the 1950's, Ludvik Jahn, our

The late MES brought me here, RIP The Fall. The opening track on underrated mid-nineties LP Cerebral Caustic opens with a song titled after (and explicitly referencing) this novel. An entertaining Czech production brimming with sardonic humour and well-explored Big Themes and Dramatic Crescendos (excuse the caps), at times rather tedious when the succession of same-sounding first-person narrators ramble on, and the concluding chapters at the Moravian folk ceremony are rather patience-testing. On

I am disappointed to have ignored Milan Kundera for such a long time but Milan Kundera happened at the right time of my life. Doubts, questions that have been pounding in my head, deception, remorse and nostalgia-I found all that in the book. No, the book was not the search of an almost recluse to discover parallel thoughts. The Joke just happened. Yes there is a plot but the ideas and debates were what made the book effective. Uncanny and cruel be the fact that stray thoughts, innocent musings

FacesLet me be perfectly honest: I was a man of many facesThey were all realI had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to beHidden eyeShe was constitutionally unable to look behind anything; she could only see the thing itselfOptimismOptimism is the opium of the people! A healthy atmosphere stinks of stupidity! Long live Trotsky!NihilistA nihilist likes a good laugh, said one of them. He laughs at people who sufferUncertaintyThe only human bond we had was our