An edition of Kniha smíchu a zapomnění (1979)

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

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An edition of Kniha smíchu a zapomnění (1979)

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.64 ·
  • 14 Ratings
  • 66 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Czech: Kniha smíchu a zapomnění) is a novel by Milan Kundera, published in France in 1979. It is composed of seven separate narratives united by some common themes. The book considers the nature of forgetting as it occurs in history, politics and life in general. The stories also contain elements found in the genre of magic realism. - Wikipedia

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HarperPerennial
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English
Pages
312

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Subjects
Czech fiction, Translations into English, Fiction, Social conditions, Czechs, English fiction, Translations from Czech, Black humor, 18.56 Czech language and/or literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Translated from Czech, Romance literature, Fiction, humorous, general, Literature--translations into english, Pq2671.u47 b6613 1999, Pg5039.21.u6 k613 1999
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Book of Laughter and Forgetting
2020, Faber & Faber, Limited
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Book of Laughter and Forgetting
2019, Faber & Faber, Limited
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Gülüsün ve Unutusun Kitabi
Sep 01, 2015, Can Yayinlari
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Das Buch vom Lachen und Vergessen
Nov 27, 2014, FISCHER Taschenbuch
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El libro de la risa y el olvido
Nov 02, 2013, Tusquets
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El libro de la risa y el olvido
2013, Tusquets Editores
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Book of Laughter and Forgetting
2010, Faber & Faber, Limited
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El Libro De La Risa Y El Olvido
June 30, 2005, Seix Barral
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Kniga smekha i zabvenií`a
2003, Azbuka-klassika
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Book of Laughter and Forgetting
March 2001, Faber & Faber Ltd
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Das Buch vom Lachen und Vergessen.
June 1, 2000, Dtv
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El Libro de La Risa y El Olvido
August 2000, Editorial Seix Barral
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
May 1, 1999, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Le Livre Du Rire Et De Loubli
March 1999, Gallimard French
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Book of laughter and forgetting
1999, HarperPerennial
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
May 1, 1999, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1996, HarperPerennial
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The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting
1996, Faber & Faber
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The Book of Laughter & Forgetting: A Novel
August 1996, Borgo Pr
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El Libro De LA Risa Y El Olvido
September 1995, Planeta Pub Corp
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The book of laughter and forgetting
1994, HarperPerennial
in English - 1st HarperPerennial ed.
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The book of laughter and forgetting
1992, Faber and Faber
in English
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Das Buch vom Lachen und Vergessen.
March 1, 1992, Carl Hanser
Hardcover in German
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El\Libro de la Risa y el Olvido
October 1, 1991, French & European Pubns
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El Libro de La Risa y El Olvido
July 1991, Editorial Seix Barral
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Kitab al dhinki wa nisiyan
1990, Al Adab
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting: Revised Edition
March 3, 1987, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Le Livre de Rire et de l'Oubli
October 1, 1987, French & European Pubns
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Le livre du rire et de l'oubli
1987, Gallimard
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting: Revised Edition
March 3, 1987, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The book of laughter and forgetting
1986, Penguin Books
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The book of laughter and forgetting
1986, Penguin Books
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Le Livre du rire et de l'oubli
September 12, 1985, Gallimard
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El libro de la risa y el olvido
1984, Seix Barral
in Spanish - 2a ed
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1983, Penguin, Penguin Books Ltd
in English
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El libro de la risa y el olvido
1982, Seix Barral
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1982, Faber
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Kniha smíchu a zapomnění
1981, Sixty-Eight Publishers
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
1981, Penguin Books
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The book of laughter and forgetting
1980, A. A. Knopf
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The book of laughter and forgetting
1980, A. A. Knopf
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Cover of: Le livre du rire et de l'oubli
Le livre du rire et de l'oubli
1979, Gallimard
in French

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Edition Notes

Originally published in Czech; this book is a second, entirely different translation from the French Livre du rire et de l'oubli.

Published in
New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
891.8/635
Library of Congress
PG5039.21.U6 K613 1996, PG5039.21.U6K613

The Physical Object

Pagination
312 p. ;
Number of pages
312

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL995223M
Internet Archive
bookoflaughterfo00kund_0
ISBN 10
0060926082
LCCN
96033823
Library Thing
5158
Goodreads
1023572

First Sentence

"In February 1948, the Communist leader Klement Gottwald stepped out on the balcony of a Baroque palace in Prague to harangue hundreds of thousands of citizens massed in Old Town Square."

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