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Milan Kundera is a master of graceful illusion and illuminating surprise. In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road--only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God. In yet another girls wait in bars, on beaches, and on station platforms for the same lover, a middle-aged Don Juan who has gone home to his wife. Games, fantasies, and schemes abound in all the stories while different characters react in varying ways to the sudden release of erotic impulses.
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The French-Czech novelist Milan Kundera was born in the Czech Republic and has lived in France since 1975.
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Text: English, Czech (translation)
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- PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0394474120
- ISBN 13 9780394474120
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages242
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