Kundera, or, The Memory of Desire - Softcover

Eva Le Grand (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088920327X ISBN 13: 9780889203273

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This is more than a literary critique - it is a work of perception, of analysis that reveals a portrait of Kundera the novelist as one of the greatest demystifiers of our time. This significant work deals with all of Milan Kundera's novels up to his most recent work, Slowness, which marks the beginning of a new phase of his writing. It is the first work that studies Kundera as a novelist, rather than a philosopher or intellectual guide, and the only one that diverges from the beaten path in examining and in reflecting on the composition and style of these novels, to discern the underlying humanity and originality of the work as a whole and to finally establish the connections and correlation within and between the novels - connections that conventional criticism can never reveal.

About this title

About the Author

Eva Le Grand teaches literature at the Université du Québec $agrave; Montréal.

Lin Burman is a teacher of French and freelance translator. She holds an M.A. in translation studies from the School of Translation, Glendon College, York University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 088920327X
• ISBN 13: 9780889203273
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 155