Jacques and His Master ( Signed, dated and dedicated by Simon Callow to the actor Alec Guinness )
Kundera, Milan ( Translated by Simon Callow )
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, London, UK, 1986
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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First printing of a newly translated version by Simon Callow. Published by Faber & Faber, London in 1986. Softcover. Publisher's paper wraps. Slight rubbing to the edges and with a few very faint handling marks. Page edges and contents are crisp and clean. Signed, dated and inscribed by the translator, Simon Callow: 'To Alec Guinness / In tremendous admiration of the writer, the actor, the man / Simon / 8 x 86. ' Kundera's play is a 'variation' on a novel by Diderot: 'Jacques le Fataliste.' A Near Fine copy of a play text with a rather interesting inscription from a still active well-known actor to a legendary actor, now deceased.
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- Title
- Jacques and His Master ( Signed, dated and dedicated by Simon Callow to the actor Alec Guinness )
- Author
- Kundera, Milan ( Translated by Simon Callow )
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, London, UK
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0571139507
- ISBN 13
- 9780571139507
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 12.25 centimeters width by 19.75 centimeters height by 0.75 centimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- Plays, Signed
Jacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining 'variation' on Diderot's novel Jacques le fataliste, written for Milan Kundera's 'private pleasure' in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
When the 'heavy Russian irrationality' fell on Czechoslovakia he felt drawn to the spirit of the eighteenth century - 'And it seemed to me that nowhere was it to be found more densely concentrated than in that banquet of intelligence, humour and fantasy, Jacques le Fataliste'.
This translation by Simon Callow has delighted Kundera's admirers throughout the English-speaking world.
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