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Kundera structures his book as a series of essays and interviews, broken down into seven distinct sections. Across these pieces, several foundational concepts emerge that redefine how we view prose fiction. 1. The Novel as a Tool of Existential Discovery
Milan Kundera, the Czech-born author of world-renowned novels such as The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting , brings a unique authority to his subject. The Art of the Novel is his first major work of non-fiction, first published in 1986, and it stands as a classic of literary criticism precisely because it is not an academic, jargon-filled treatise. Instead, it is a series of meditations, dialogues, and essays that offer a "stunning philosophical reflectio[n] on the history, practice and morality of the novel". The book is a vital piece of the puzzle for understanding his own novels and the grand tradition of European literature he championed. milan kundera the art of the novel pdf top
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