Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts
Milan Kundera, one of the twentieth century's masters of fiction and author ofThe Unbearable Lightness of BeingandImmortality, offers a brilliant and thought provoking essay, following in the tradition of his highly regardedThe Art of the Novel.Testaments Betrayedis written like a novel: the same characters appear and reappear throughout the nine parts of the book, as do the principal themes that preoccupy the author. Kundera once again celebrates the art of the  novel, from its birth in a spirit of humor unique to European culture and sensibility - illustrated by some wonderful examples from the work of Rabelais and Cervantes - through its flowering in successive centuries.  He celebrates the particular wisdom the novel offers about human existence.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.