In this entertaining and stimulating essay, one of world literature's most distinctive thinkers sets out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilisation. Too often, Kundera suggests, a novel is thought about only within the confines of the language and nation of its origin, when in fact what makes a novel matter is its ability to reveal some previously unknown aspect of our existence. Kundera describes how the best novels, from Don Quixote to Ulysses and Madame Bovary to The Trial, do just that.
| ISBN: | 9780571232819 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2007 |
| Author: | Milan Kundera |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 168 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary essays |
In this entertaining and stimulating essay, one of world literature's most distinctive thinkers sets out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilisation. Too often, Kundera suggests, a novel is thought about only within the confines of the language and nation of its origin, when in fact what makes a novel matter is its ability to reveal some previously unknown aspect of our existence.
The Curtain features in the following genres: Literary essays
Paperback. £13.49, down from the £14.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Curtain was written by Milan Kundera and published by Faber & Faber
The Curtain has 168 pages
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. In Stock.