Review"Brilliant . . . A work of high modernist playfulness and deep pathos."-- Janet Malcolm, "New York Review of Books""Kundera has raised the novel of ideas to a new level of dreamlike lyricism and emotional intensity." -- Jim Miller, "Newsweek""Kundera is a virtuoso . . . A work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness."-- Elizabeth Hardwick, "Vanity Fair"About the AuthorMilan Kundera was born in Brno and has lived in France for over forty years. His internationally acclaimed and bestselling novels including The Joke (1967), Life is Elsewhere (1973), The Farewell Waltz (1976), The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1978), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Immortality (1991), and the short-story collection Laughable Loves (1969).Milan KunderaPaperback:320 pagesISBN-10:9780571135394ISBN-13:978-0571135394Product Dimensions:12.6 x 1.9 x 19.8 cmPublisher:Faber & Faber; Main Edition (29 April 1985)ASIN:0571135390Language:English