num_pages: 153
description: Sometimes - perhaps only for an instant - we fail to recognise a companion. When this happens to lovers, the effect is acute: for a moment the identity of the loved one ceases to exist, and we come to doubt our own.Such a situation - and the resulting wave of panic - is at the core of Kundera's new novel. In a narrative as intense as it is brief, a moment of confusion sets in motion a complex chain of events which forces the reader to cross and recross the divide between fantasy and reality.Only Milan Kundera could transform such a personal and disquieting experience into the stuff of romance. This is one of his most profound, touching and illuminating books. And, in an unexpected way, a love story.
language: English
title: Identity
titlecomplete: Identity
characters: Chantal, Jean-Marc
genres: Literature, Novels, Philosophy, Literary Fiction, French Literature, Czech Literature, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary, France
ratings_count: 26832
places: Normandy, Paris
publisher: Faber and Faber