num_pages: 170
description: Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil. He is especially penetrating on Hermann Broch, and his exploration of the world of Kafka's novels vividly reveals the comic terror of Kafka's bureaucratized universe.Kundera's discussion of his own work includes his views on the role of historical events in fiction, the meaning of action, and the creation of character in the post-psychological novel.
language: English
title: The Art of the Novel
titlecomplete: The Art of the Novel
genres: Essays, Philosophy, Crafts, Literature, Criticism, Books About Books, Nonfiction, Writing, Literary Criticism, Czech Literature
ratings_count: 6216
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Muhammad Hasan Askari Award
category: Urdu Translation
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics