Milan Kundera

Eurooppalainen mestariteos ja kulttiromaaniOlemisen sietämätön keveys on neljän keskieurooppalaisen sijaansa etsivän ihmisen tarina. Se on myös syvimpiä ja kauneimpia rakkauskertomuksia mitä koskaan on kirjoitettu.Tomás, prahalainen kirurgi ja naistenmies, rakastuu päätäpahkaa herkkään hauraaseen tarjoilijattareen Terezaan. Hän haluaa tytön mutta myös vapautensa, kaikki hänelle kertyneet ihanat naiset. Heistä tärkein on Sabina, itsellinen taiteilija ja seikkailijatar. Vuosi 1968 viskoo ihmiset maailmalle. Genevessä Sabina solmii suhteen Franziin, keski-ikäiseen, osallistuvan polven tiedemieheen, jonka idealismi ulottuu koko maailmaan. Ihmiskohtalot kutoutuvat romaanissa kuvioksi, joka on moraalisilta, intellektuaalisilta, eroottisilta ja poliittisilta kosketuspinnoiltaan ainutlaatuinen.Milan Kundera syntyi Tsekkoslovakiassa. Hän on asunut Ranskassa vuodesta 1975 lähtien.

Eurooppalaisen kirjallisuuden huikea voimannäyte!Olemisen sietämätön keveys on neljän paikkaansa etsivän ihmisen tarina, filosofinen kertomus rakkaudesta ja seksistä rautaesiripun halkomassa Euroopassa.Tomás on prahalainen kirurgi ja naistenmies. Hänen vaimonsa, herkkä Tereza häpeää kehoaan. Sabina on Tomásin rakastajatar ja ystävä, taiteilija joka pyrkii eroon kaikesta sovinnaisesta. Prahan kevät vuonna 1968 viskoo heidät maailmalle. Genevessä Sabina solmii suhteen Franziin, idealistiseen tiedemieheen. Ihmiskohtalot kutoutuvat romaanissa kuvioksi, jonka moraaliset, intellektuaaliset, eroottiset ja poliittiset kosketuskohdat ovat ainutlaatuiset.Milan Kundera syntyi Tšekissä. Vuodesta 1975 hän on elänyt Ranskassa.“Loistava... Modernistisen leikittelevä ja syvällisen tunteellinen teos.” New York Review of Books”Kundera nostaa aateromaanin uudelle tasolle unenomaisella lyyrisyydellään ja tunteiden kiihkeydellä.” Newsweek”Kundera on virtuoosi. Rohkean mestarillinen, omaperäinen ja rikas teos.” Vanity Fair

Livet er et annet sted er en oppvekstskildring og et ironisk epos som river ned hellige verdier: barndommen, morsrollen, revolusjonen – til og med poesien.Romanens hovedperson Jaromil er en både rørende og latterlig ung mann, som moren absolutt vil gjøre til dikter. Hennes ærgjerrighet følger ham livet gjennom, fra vuggen til dødsleiet. Men Jaromil er samtidig en sann poet, en Rimbaud fanget av den kommunistiske revolusjonen.For første gang foreligger Milan Kunderas samlede verker på norsk i én serie, med omslagsillustrasjoner av forfatteren selv. Oversatt av Milada Blekastad.

A deliciously witty and entertaining "variation" on Diderot's novel Jacques le Fatalist, written for Milan Kundera's "private pleasure" in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.When the "heavy Russian irrationality" fell on Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera explains, 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, humor, and fantasy, Jacques le Fataliste."The upshot was this "Homage to Diderot," which has now been performed throughout the United States and Europe. Here, Jacques and His Master, newly translated by Simon Callow, is a text that will delight Kundera's admirers throughout the English-speaking world.

"Nevynosimaja legkost bytija" - samyj znamenityj roman Milana Kundery, odna iz vershin literatury XX veka. Kniga o ljubvi i neprostykh chelovecheskikh otnoshenijakh. Avtor pishet o neprimirimoj dvojstvennosti tela i dushi, o labirinte vozmozhnostej, po kotoromu bluzhdajut geroi, prozhivaja svoju edinstvennuju zhizn...

An invigorating pair of essays exploring exile, language and national identity from one of Europe's most celebrated literary stars, the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.89 Words, published in 1985, is an expanded version of the dictionary of sorts that readers encountered in The Art of the Novel, and comprises a fascinating and rigorous interrogation of what exile, life in another language, and the betrayals of translations entail.Prague, A Disappearing Poem, dating from 1980, meditates on questions of the culture of the 'small nation' that formed and lends specificity to Kundera's work, and - as in A Kidnapped West - questions of the Soviet and Western attitudes to Czech culture.Together, these provocative, elegant and wise essays remind familiar readers of Kundera's presence - his inimitable voice - and for new readers, offer an introduction to his oeuvre: an access point into his fictional universe, characterised by devastating irony and subtlety of judgement.

A provocative and rousing insight into European politics from one of the world's greatest writers.'One of his most powerful works.' Financial Times'A pan-European intellectual force.' TimesIn a moment of historic peril and uncertainty in mainland Europe, Milan Kundera makes the case for Central Europe as the nucleus of European values and as a lightning rod for its potential dangers.For the countries that make up this region where democracy is under continued threat from Russian oppression, language and culture play an active role in affirming national identity. And each of these countries - Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia - has been historically overlooked by the major powers of Western Europe. But Kundera cautions that this blindness puts Europe's cultural and political independence at risk, a warning that feels increasingly relevant to our current moment, and our future.

Una desenfadada visi n del mundo que recoge la esencia de toda la narrativa de Kundera. Una magn fica comedia que nos deslumbra con su exaltaci n de la vida y su iron a sobre las diferentes facetas del ser humano. Rafael Narbona, El CulturalProyectar una luz sobre los problemas m s serios y a la vez no pronunciar una sola frase seria, estar fascinado por la realidad del mundo contempor neo y, a la vez, evitar todo realismo, as es La fiesta de la insignificancia. Quien conozca las obras anteriores de Kundera sabe que en l no son en absoluto inesperadas las ganas de incorporar en una novela algo no serio . En esta novela Kundera ve por fin plenamente cumplido su viejo sue o est tico, que puede leerse como un sorprendente resumen de toda su obra. Tremendo resumen. Tremendo ep logo. Tremenda risa inspirada en nuestra poca, que es c mica porque ha perdido todo su sentido del humor. Qu m s puede decirse? Nada. Lean ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A lighthearted view of the world that captures the essence of all Kundera's narrative. A magnificent comedy that dazzles us with its exaltation of life and its irony about the different facets of the human being. Rafael Narbona, El CulturalShedding light on the most serious problems while not uttering a single serious phrase, being fascinated by the reality of the contemporary world, and at the same time avoiding all realism, this is La fiesta de la insignificancia. Those familiar with Kundera's previous works know that his desire to incorporate something not serious into a novel is not at all unexpected. In this novel, Kundera finally sees his old aesthetic dream fully realized, which can be read as a surprising summary of all his work. Tremendous summary. Tremendous epilogue. Tremendous laughter inspired by our era, which is comical because it has lost all sense of humor.What more can be said? Nothing. Read

Milan Kundera prinadlezhit k chislu samykh populjarnykh pisatelej sovremennosti. Ego knigi bukvalno zavorazhivajut chitatelja izyskannostju stilja, umelym postroeniem sjuzheta, nakalom chuvstv u geroev. Kazhdoe novoe proizvedenie pisatelja popolnjaet rjad bestsellerov intellektualnoj prozy. "Nevynosimaja legkost bytija" - samyj znamenityj roman Milana Kundery, kotorym zachityvajutsja vse novye i novye pokolenija chitatelej, otkryvajuschie dlja sebja vershiny literatury XX veka. Kniga Kundery o ljubvi i neprostykh chelovecheskikh otnoshenijakh, o tragicheskom periode istorii i vmeste s tem eto gluboko filosofskaja vesch. Avtor pishet o neprimirimoj dvojstvennosti tela i dushi, o labirinte vozmozhnostej, po kotoromu bluzhdajut geroi, prozhivaja svoju edinstvennuju zhizn.