The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
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.
First English edition (publ. Knopf) | |
| Author | Milan Kundera |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kniha smíchu a zapomnění |
| Translator | Michael Henry Heim |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
Publication date | 1979 |
Published in English | 1980 |
| Pages | 320 |
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