The art of the novel
/ Milan Kundera ; translated from the French by Linda Asher.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Grove Press , 1988.
- 165 p. ; 22 cm.
Translation of: L'art du roman.
Kundera's first nonfiction book alternates between passionately intelligent reflections on some of the novelists most important to him--Cervantes, Broch, and Kafka--and on his own challenging and important work. Although the Czech author's own fiction better proves his argument that the novel is far from dead (where there is no censorship), this book is very useful for understanding his works as continuing a Central European and international tradition. He is so dedicated to his art form that he evaluates contemporary culture on the basis of how well it supports the modern novel. The reader is left with a renewed appreciation of the form.
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