THE ART OF THE NOVEL

Milan Kundera

ISBN 10: 0060972041 ISBN 13: 9780060972042

Published by Harper & Row [Perennial Library], New York, 1988

Language: English

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First impression of the first US paperback edition with full number-string sequence including "88" (1988, when the first US paperback was published) and the no "1": 88 89 90 91 92 FG 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, and stating "First Perennial Library Edition" (paperback imprint of Harper & Row). ***Translated from the French by Linda Asher. The English translation was originally published in hardcover by Grove Press, also in 1988. ***Near fine in monochrome illustrated thin card wrappers. Red titles on the spine slightly faded. Extremities very slightly rubbed. No tears. Wrappers clean and bright. No inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. No reading crease to spine. 204 mm x 134 mm. 165 pages. ***Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil - [Review by Herman Boch] ***'Refreshing, unorthodox, valuable. And for the Kafka essay alone, the book belongs in any literary library. Incandescent illumination by one of literature's most important writers.' [Kirkus Review] Quote and review quote from rear wrapper blurb. ***A near fine copy of the first American paperback edition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 4562

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Title: THE ART OF THE NOVEL

Publisher: Harper & Row [Perennial Library], New York

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued

Edition: First US Paperback Edition

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Looks at the history of the novel, discusses the work of other novelists, including Kafka, and considers character, action, and the role of historical events

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The Art of the Novel by Milan Kundera - author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being - is a classic of literary criticism from one of the world's greatest novelists.

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