The book of laughter and forgetting : a novel
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Asher, Aaron, translator.
Published
New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1999.
Edition
First Perennial Classics edition.
Status
Rapid City Public Library - Fiction - Adult
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Published
New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1999.
Format
Book
Edition
First Perennial Classics edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English

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General Note
Originally published in Czech; this book is a second, entirely different translation from the French Livre du rire et de l'oubli.
Description
The only authorized translation of the bestselling masterpiece by one of the greatest authors of our time, "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" is part fairy tale, part literary criticism, part political tract, part musicology, and part autobiography.
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"Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970s. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed, and experienced." -- Publisher's description
Language
In English translated from the French.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kundera, M., & Asher, A. (1999). The book of laughter and forgetting: a novel (First Perennial Classics edition.). HarperPerennial.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kundera, Milan and Aaron, Asher. 1999. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting: A Novel. HarperPerennial.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kundera, Milan and Aaron, Asher. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting: A Novel HarperPerennial, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kundera, Milan,, and Aaron Asher. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting: A Novel First Perennial Classics edition., HarperPerennial, 1999.

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