The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)

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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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• Milan Kundera (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Milan Kundera (Short Fiction)
• Milan Kundera (Long Fiction)

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