Offers a wide range of philosophical speculations and it descants on a variety of styles. This book draws together the Czechoslovakia of the Prague Spring and the Russian invasion, the philosophy of Nietzsche, and the love affairs of a number... Zobraziť viac
With the same dazzling mix of emotion and idea that characterizes his novels he illuminates the art and artists who remain important to him and whose work helps us better understand the world. An astute and brilliant reader of fiction,... Zobraziť viac
A novel, divided into seven parts and exploring immortality. Zobraziť viac
An invigorating pair of essays exploring exile, language and national identity from one of Europe's most celebrated literary stars, the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 89 Words, published in 1985, is an expanded version of the dictionary... Zobraziť viac
Premiere partie : Le visage Deuxieme partie : L'immortalité Troisieme partie : La lutte Les soeurs. Les lunettes noires. Le corps. L'addition et la soustraction. La femme plus âgée, l'homme plus jeune. Le onzieme commandement. L'imagologie.... Zobraziť viac
"Oui, j'y voyais clair soudain : la plupart des gens s'adonnent au mirage d'une double croyance : ils croient a la pérennité de la mémoire (des hommes, des choses, des actes, des nations) et a la possibilité de réparer (des actes, des erreurs, des... Zobraziť viac
In this novel - a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities - Milan Kundera addresses himself to the nature of twentieth-century 'Being' In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events... Zobraziť viac
Milan Kundera se sirve a la vez de una novela francesa del siglo XVIII y de una excursión que a él y a su mujer se les antoja hacer a un castillo de Francia convertido en hotel, para ir dando vida a una serie de personajes del pasado y del... Zobraziť viac
Sólo el gran arte de la novela es capaz de desgarrar por un instante el telón de prejuicios y preinterpretaciones con que desciframos no sólo nuestra vida sino la historia entera de la humanidad... Zobraziť viac
Casting light on the most serious of problems and at the same time saying not one serious sentence; being fascinated by the reality of the contemporary world and at the same time completely avoiding realism-that's ... Zobraziť viac
Irena hat 1968 Prag verlassen, in der Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben in Paris. Aber weder da noch dort fühlt sie sich zu Hause. Und ohne Heimat kann sie nicht bei sich selbst ankommen. Bis sie Josef trifft, der auch aus Prag geflohen ist und einst... Zobraziť viac
This collection contains stories about the sport of love - Don Juanism, ageing, male and female power and seductions undertaken for all kinds of intriguing motives. Zobraziť viac
Disconcerted and enchanted, the reader follows him through a midsummer's night in which two tales of seduction, separated in time by more than two hundred years... Zobraziť viac
The Joke, Milan Kundera's first novel, gained him a huge following in his own country and launched his worldwide literary reputation. In his author´s note Kundera explains why this completely revised translation is the definitive edition of his work. Zobraziť viac
Kundera whirls through comedy and tragedy towards his central question: how does a person, any person, live today? ... Zobraziť viac
Casting light on the most serious of problems and at the same time saying not one serious sentence; being fascinated by the reality of the contemporary world and at the same time completely avoiding realism-that's ... Zobraziť viac
The Joke, Milan Kundera's first novel, gained him a huge following in his own country, and launched his worldwide literary reputation. Zobraziť viac
Sometimes - perhaps only for an instant - we fail to recognise a companion; for a moment their identity ceases to exist, and thus we come to doubt our own... Zobraziť viac
Jeter une lumière sur les problèmes les plus sérieux et en même temps ne pas prononcer une seule phrase sérieuse, être fasciné par la réalité du monde contemporain et en même temps éviter tout réalisme... Zobraziť viac
A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover-these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. Kundera's first since... Zobraziť viac
