Identity: A Novel by Milan Kundera
Of all contemporary writers, only Kundera can transform hidden and disconcerting perceptions into the material for a novel, one of his finest, most painful, and most enlightening, which, surprisingly, turns out to be a love story.
Identity: A Novel by Milan Kundera
Format: 9th trade paperback printing
Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover.
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Publishing Info: Harper, New York
Language: English
ISBN - 13: 9780060930318
There are situations in which we fail for a moment to recognize the person we are with, in which the identity of the other is erased while we simultaneously doubt our own. This also happens with couples--indeed, above all with couples, because lovers fear more than anything else "losing sight" of that loved one.
With stunning artfulness in expanding and playing variations on the meaningful moment, Milan Kundera has made this situation--and the vague sense of panic it inspires--the very fabric of his novel. Here brevity goes hand in hand with intensity, and a moment of bewilderment marks the start of a labyrinthine journey during which the reader repeatedly crosses the border between the real and the unreal, between what occurs in the world outside, and what the mind creates in its solitude.
Of all contemporary writers, only Kundera can transform such a hidden and disconcerting perception into the material for a novel, one of his finest, most painful, and most enlightening. Which, surprisingly, turns out to be a love story.
The Guardian feature on Kundera
NY Times interview
The Paris Review interview excerpt
More from Kundera on shopbooks
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