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Traces the author's personal view of the history and significance of the novel in western civilization, arguing that a novel's development crosses international and language boundaries while serving to reveal previously unknown aspects of a reader's existence. By the author of The Art of the Novel. 35,000 first printing.
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"Well-worth reading.witty and brisk and very smart, like all of [Kundera's] writing." -- William Deresiewicz, The Nation
"A work of sophisticated literary cartography.agreeably studded with insights." -- Joseph Epstein, Wall Street Journal
"Kundera.argues brilliantly.Discarding chronology, Kundera lets us witness the inner workings of his....wonderful reader's mind." -- Cecile Alduy, San Francisco Chronicle
"Bursting at the seams with ideas.Kundera dashes irrepressibly around his own studio...to consistently fascinating effect. A rare pleasure." -- Steven Poole, New Statesman
"Brilliant, vehement, learned and wise.Stimulating and provocative.THE CURTAIN raises essential questions." -- Salon.com
"Kundera offers witty and edifying improvisations on...favorite themes...Anyone interested in the novel will delight in this book."--Alec Solomita, New York Sun
"Essential reading in a long history of debates about the genre...Wise, deep, and witty."--New York Review of Books
"Lovely, meandering observations on the genre to which he has consecrated his life...Like good love stories, it pulls you in."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"Kundera is assuredly one of the great living writers...This is a remarkable book....Absorbing and sometimes sublime."--Buffalo News
"Kundera...argues brilliantly...Discarding chronology, Kundera lets us witness the inner workings of his....wonderful reader's mind."--Cecile Alduy, San Francisco Chronicle
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"A work of sophisticated literary cartography.agreeably studded with insights." -- Joseph Epstein, Wall Street Journal
"Kundera.argues brilliantly.Discarding chronology, Kundera lets us witness the inner workings of his....wonderful reader's mind." -- Cecile Alduy, San Francisco Chronicle
"Bursting at the seams with ideas.Kundera dashes irrepressibly around his own studio...to consistently fascinating effect. A rare pleasure." -- Steven Poole, New Statesman
"Brilliant, vehement, learned and wise.Stimulating and provocative.THE CURTAIN raises essential questions." -- Salon.com
"Kundera offers witty and edifying improvisations on...favorite themes...Anyone interested in the novel will delight in this book."--Alec Solomita, New York Sun
"Essential reading in a long history of debates about the genre...Wise, deep, and witty."--New York Review of Books
"Lovely, meandering observations on the genre to which he has consecrated his life...Like good love stories, it pulls you in."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"Kundera is assuredly one of the great living writers...This is a remarkable book....Absorbing and sometimes sublime."--Buffalo News
"Kundera...argues brilliantly...Discarding chronology, Kundera lets us witness the inner workings of his....wonderful reader's mind."--Cecile Alduy, San Francisco Chronicle
Milan Kundera's The Curtain: Essays is a brilliant exploration of the novel - its history and its art - from one of the genre's most distinguished practitioners.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0060841869
- ISBN 13 9780060841867
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages168
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