{"product_id":"the-book-of-laughter-and-milan-kundera-9780060932145","title":"The Book of Laughter and Forgetting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An absolutely dazzling entertainment. . . . Arousing on every level--political, erotic, intellectual, and above all, humorous.\" --\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting\u003c\/em\u003e calls itself a novel, although it is part fairy tale, part literary criticism, part political tract, part musicology, and part autobiography. It can call itself whatever it wants to, because the whole is genius.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting\u003c\/em\u003e is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970s. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milan Kundera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060932147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060932145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Milan Kundera","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049406755071,"sku":"9780060932145","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f8c055e-290d-471b-844d-4b779f34b22d.jpg?v=1685001402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-laughter-and-milan-kundera-9780060932145","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}