Book Laughter Forgetting, Signed (2 results)

First editionÂof the novel that brought Kundera his first big international success. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Milan Kundera on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim.ÂJacket design by Fred Marcellino.ÂUncommon signed and inscribed. "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting 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" (New York Times). "This book, as it bluntly calls itself, is brilliant and original, written with the purity and wit that invite us directly in" (John Updike).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Milan Kundera and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original paper boards over brown cloth spine stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light toning to edges of boards, faint foxing to textblock edge, preliminary and terminal pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear, light tanning and several short edge tears. Signed copies are scarce.