9780060841959
The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts
Milan Kundera
ISBN 13: 9780060841959
Publisher: Perennial
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Softcover
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Traces the author's personal view of the history and significance of the novel in western civilization, arguing that a novel's development crosses international and language boundaries while serving to reveal previously unknown aspects of a reader's existence. By the author of
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"It's not often that a work comes along that so perfectly distills an approach to art that it realigns the way an art form is understood. Susan Sontag's revolutionary work ON PHOTOGRAPHY was one such piece. Kundera's new book-length essay should be another." (starred review)
Publishers Weekly, 11/06/2006
Review:"This short book of seven linked essays is a swiftly told, beautifully crafted, pleasurable, pan-European scrutiny of the novel from Francois Rabelais in the 16th century onward--an act of literary criticism by one of today's great practicing novelists."
Economist, 03/10/2007
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Book Description: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 203 x 136 mm. Brand New Book. "A magic curtain, woven of legends, hung before the world. Cervantes sent Don Quixote journeying and tore through the curtain. The world opened before the knight-errant in all the comical nakedness of its prose."In this thought-provoking, endlessly enlightening, and entertaining essay on the art of the novel, renowned author Milan Kundera suggests that "the curtain" represents a ready-made perception of the world that each of us has--a pre-interpreted world. The job of the novelist, he argues, is to rip through the curtain and reveal what it hides. Here an incomparable literary artist cleverly sketches out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilization. In doing so, he celebrates a prose form that possesses the unique ability to transcend national and language boundaries in order to reveal some previously unknown aspect of human existence. Bookseller Inventory # AAS9780060841959 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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