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050	0	0	_aPN3453 _b.K8613 1988
082	0	0	_a809.3 KUN
100	1		_aKundera, Milan _d(1929-)
240	1	0	_aArt du roman _l. English
245	1	4	_aThe art of the novel _c/ Milan Kundera ; translated from the French by Linda Asher.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Grove Press _c, 1988.
300			_a165 p. _c; 22 cm.
500			_aTranslation of: L'art du roman.
520			_aKundera'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.
650		0	_aFiction _x--History and criticism
650		4	_aFiction _x-Technique
700	1		_aAsher, Linda
942			_cMO
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