num_pages: 237
description: Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970's. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than just its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed and experienced.
language: English
title: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
titlecomplete: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
characters: Tamina, Znedna, Mirek
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Czech Literature, Philosophy, Fiction, Short Stories, Contemporary
ratings_count: 47895
places: Prague (Praha)
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books