The Joke
by Milan Kundera
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalpoliticalfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecomplex relationshipself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeA stirring novel that is fresh, serious and grounded. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
"All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring...
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- Author
- Milan Kundera
- Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 319
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- Open Library
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