The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Milan Kundera
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Political
- Time of Work: 1968 through the 1970’s
- Setting: Czechoslovakia and France
- Genres: Long fiction, Political fiction, Problem novel
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Self-discovery, Communism or communists, Politics, France or French people, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, 1940’s, Poetry or poets, Czechoslovakia or Czechoslovakians, Laughter
- Locales: France, Riviera, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Characters Discussed
Milan Kundera (mee-LAHN kewn- DEH-rah), who acts as the narrator. He comments freely about the act of writing, about his own life, about his characters—some of whom are based on real people and some of whom are frankly imaginary—and about the history and fate of his native country, Czechoslovakia.
Mirek (MEE-rehk), a well-known intellectual and television personality, actively involved in the Prague Spring reforms, a campaign of openness, relative freedom, and rich cultural activity initiated in response to long years of Communist oppression in...
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