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The JOKE
The JOKE | Milan Kundera
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All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed (…more)
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Taking a vacation in Prague this week and my husband is VERY absorbed in his Milan Kundera book. I took a short bathroom break and came out to find him like this. 📖 📖

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#startswithj #splashintosummerreads
I know I read this book in college but I cannot recall for which class. I immediately went out and bought the Unbearable Lightness of Being when I finished it but I remember next to nothing else about it.

DeborahSmall I love Kundera. I read this 20 years ago and can't remember anything about it!! 8y
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Youth is a terrible thing: it is a stage trod by children in buskins and fancy costumes mouthing speeches they've memorized and fanatically believe but only half understand.

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"Optimism is the opium of mankind! A healthy spirit stinks of stupidity! Long live Trotsky!"

Saknicole I need to read that book!! It's at the top of my list! 9y
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