Agnès's final afternoon

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"Francois Ricard's book joins the great French tradition of the literary essay as a meditation on the writing of Milan Kundera." "Agnes's Final Afternoon imitates the protagonist of Kundera's novel Immortality on the last afternoon of her life. Like all readers of fiction, Agnes steps out of her car - out of the world of planned routes, responsibilities, and social self - and gives herself up to the discovery of a new landscape, an experience that will transform her. Francois Ricard's essay enters into the writings of Milan Kundera in much the same way. The landscape he explores includes a chain of ten novels, composed between 1959 and 1999, and two books containing one of the most lucid reflections on the novel."--Jacket.

First Sentence

Before we turn, along with her, toward the spectacle of the mountains, let's linger a little longer over that very first moment, when Agnes leaves her car and gazes at the landscape.

Excerpt

Before we turn, along with her, toward the spectacle of the mountains, let's linger a little longer over that very first moment, when Agnes leaves her car and gazes at the landscape.

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Other Editions

• Agnès's final afternoon: an essay on the work of Milan KunderaHarperCollins2003-01-01
• Agnes's Final AfternoonFaber & Faber2003-01-01
• Agnes's Final AfternoonHarper Perennial2004-10-26
• Agnes's Final AfternoonPaperbackHarper Perennial2004-10-26