Isbn: 9780060997021 - life is elsewhere: a merciless political satire of revolutionary poetry, adolescence, and the somber farce of love (16 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. "I will say no more about this lacerating book except to urge it upon all who care about literature in our difficult era." -- Boston Globe "A sly and merciless lampoon of revolutionary romanticism. . . Kundera commits some of the funniest literary savaging since Evelyn Waugh polished off Dickens in A Handful of Dust."-- Time Milan Kundera initially intended to call this novel The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to him, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made him a poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.…

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Zustand: Very Good. : Life Is Elsewhere es una novela del autor checo Milan Kundera, traducida del francés por Aaron Asher. La novela sigue la vida de Jaromil, un joven poeta en la Checoslovaquia comunista, explorando temas de juventud, amor, revolución y la búsqueda de la identidad. A través de la historia de Jaromil, Kundera ofrece una reflexión irónica y conmovedora sobre la adolescencia y los valores sacrosantos de la sociedad. EAN: 9780060997021 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Life Is Elsewhere Autor: Milan Kundera| Aaron Asher Editorial: Harper Perennial Idioma: en Páginas: 432 Formato: tapa blanda.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 419 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 419 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.