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Loading... The Art of the Novel (Perennial Classics)by Milan Kundera
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. One can always count on Milan Kundera to reinvigorate our desire to tackle the classics in literature. In these seven related essays he reacquaints us with some of the giants of the novels and inspires us to rethink our relationships to their narratives. (  ) zenosbooks | Feb 24, 2009 |  An interesting history of the novel, with considerations of crucial works in the genre. (  ) Chamelline | Oct 8, 2008 | Much more descriptive (of Kundera's own fiction) than prescriptive, this remains an essential work in the Kunderan canon. I particularly enjoyed the "glossary" chapter which not only helps to outline major themes that run through his works but also echoes the "dictionary of misunderstood words" bits in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Oh, to have my estranged copy returned to me! ( ) dreamingtereza | Apr 3, 2006 | This is a great book for anyone working to be a serious novelist. I like Kundera's approach though because he lets you know why it's important to be serious about writing. He knows from experience that everything you work for can be taken away in a moment. ( ) clothingoptional | Feb 26, 2006 | It must have been a while since I was in college, because I can't understand a word Kundera is saying. Luckily his novels are not this dense. acheekymonkey | Nov 13, 2005 |  no reviews | add a review
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Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil. He is especially penetrating on Hermann Broch, and his exploration of the world of Kafka's novels vividly reveals the comic terror of Kafka's bureaucratized universe.
Kundera's discussion of his own work includes his views on the role of historical events in fiction, the meaning of action, and the creation of character in the post-psychological novel.
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