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Milan Kundera – The Joke – First Edition 1983
£135.00
A first edition, first printing of The Joke by Milan Kundera, translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim, published by Faber and Faber in 1983. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, in three quarter bound ivory paper boards with black cloth spine and gilt titles, minor browning and trace of spotting to the text blocks. In a very good unclipped wrapper with slight pushing to the foot of the spine, browning to front and rear flap folds.
The novel delves into the complexities of human relationships under the backdrop of Communist Czechoslovakia. The novel centres on Ludvik, whose seemingly harmless jest results in his expulsion from the Communist Party and sets off a chain of events that irrevocably alters his life. Through Ludvik’s journey, Kundera explores themes of power, betrayal and the precarious nature of personal freedom, offering a piercing critique of totalitarianism and the erosion of individual autonomy in society.
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A first edition, first printing of The Joke by Milan Kundera, translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim, published by Faber and Faber in 1983. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, in three quarter bound ivory paper boards with black cloth spine and gilt titles, minor browning and trace of spotting to the text blocks. In a very good unclipped wrapper with slight pushing to the foot of the spine, browning to front and rear flap folds.
The novel delves into the complexities of human relationships under the backdrop of Communist Czechoslovakia. The novel centres on Ludvik, whose seemingly harmless jest results in his expulsion from the Communist Party and sets off a chain of events that irrevocably alters his life. Through Ludvik’s journey, Kundera explores themes of power, betrayal and the precarious nature of personal freedom, offering a piercing critique of totalitarianism and the erosion of individual autonomy in society.
