The Book of Laughter & Forgetting

Description

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

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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Other Editions

• The Book of Laughter & Forgetting: A NovelHardcoverBorgo Pr1996-08-01
• The book of laughter and forgettingA. A. Knopf1980-01-01
• Kniha smíchu a zapomněníSixty-Eight Publishers1981-01-01
• El libro de la risa y el olvidoSeix Barral1982-01-01
• The Book of Laughter and ForgettingFaber1982-01-01
• El libro de la risa y el olvidoSeix Barral1984-01-01