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The Joke

Milan Kundera

Paperback | Pages: 371 pages

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Title	:	The Joke
Author	:	Milan Kundera
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 371 pages
Published	:	1992 by Faber and Faber (first published 1967)
Categories	:	Fiction. European Literature. Czech Literature

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All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now though, 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 literature, that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.

The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.

Present Books Supposing The Joke

Original Title:	Žert
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Slovakia

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His first novel - and not nearly as good as ULoB. Set in Communist Prague. Different chapters told by different protagonists, so the plot overlaps. Mostly revolving around a man expelled from the Party for an inappropriate joke (apparently supporting Trotsky) and other misunderstandings that blight his life. Vividly, and sadly, portrays the frustrations and hypocrisy of Communist control.

I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be.Milan Kundera's first novel is a satirical account of the Communist regime and its totalitarianism, eventually leading to his blacklisting and his works being banned in Czechoslovakia. The central theme of the plot being jokes, and how each of the central characters find their lives transformed by life's elaborate prank. There are four central

On Monday at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon I decided I was going to read "The Joke." I don't really know why; it occurred to me out of the blue -- the only thought I'd ever given Kundera before that point was that the titles of his books obviously lived in a world devoid of irony in order to persist in their existence, and that that unironic world was one I wanted no part of. On the other hand, I really liked the title "The Joke" and I'd always liked the font in which it was written. That

Third time, first in over 10 years. I cannot believe that I rated this a "mere" 4 stars before (it was probably the fault of Ludvik's (Kundera's?) loathed age of callow youth, the age of the self puzzled by and obsessed with itself, the age of [pace Kundera] "lyrical" poetry). This is indeed a masterpieceof nuance and restraint, of deliberation and yet also, at times, of abandonand, dare I say it?of (perhaps) mediated confession. Kundera writes elsewhere (in ULB) that his characters are all his

402. Žert = The Joke, Milan KunderaThe Joke is Milan Kundera's first novel, originally published in 1967. The novel is composed of many jokes, which have strong effects on the characters. The story is told from the four viewpoints of Ludvik Jahn, Helena Zemánková, Kostka, and Jaroslav. Jaroslav's joke is the transition away from his coveted Moravian folk lifestyle and appreciation. Kostka, who has separated himself from the Communist Party due to his Christianity, serves as a counterpoint to

There was a time when a joke could force you into exile or send you to jail! Nowadays you can make the most outrageous claims and actually mean them. If anybody calls you out on your complete lack of truth or empathy or both, you just say:"Joke!"And there won't be any consequences. The right to a disgusting sense of humour seems engraved in populist politicians' minds, and their sycophants are the master interpreters of jokes just like the secret police forces in the former Communist world were

57th book of 2020.The question is this: What Friends character are you? The answer, for me, is always (and easily) this: Chandler Bing. The reason behind it: I have made a few jokes in the past that have got me in trouble. A self-destructive defensive mechanism, possibly. So, the plot of The Joke has always interested me (not that I've ever told a joke concerning Trotsky) - and Kundera and I have had an interesting relationship. Which is what I say about a lot of writers, but there we go. I