Interweaves story and dream, past and present, and philosophy and poetry in a sardonic and erotic tale of two couples--Tomas and Teresa, and Sabina and her Swiss lover, Gerhart.
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Sexually provocative exploration of a man's needs for physical gratification and the decision he must make when faced with his wife's needs.
"An enchanting new novel from one of the most distinguished writers of our time, an altogether serious comedy that is the synthesis and culmination of his oeuvre"--Provided by publisher.
Analyzes and examines various aspects of human existence through seven integrated stories.
Cult Writers handpicks 50 notable figures from the modern world of literature and explores how they use language as a form of provocation.
Two newly translated works from one of the greatest literary writers and thinkers of the modern age, available together in English for the first time. This volume includes Kundera's 1980s works "89 Words" and "Prague: A Disappearing Poem," originally written for Le Débat. In "89 ...
Rozmarne ́let́o: Three middle-aged men have their summer interrupted by the arrival of a circus performer and his beautiful assistant.
A young woman obsessed with a man torn between his love for her and his womanizing; one of his mistresses and her faithful lover, these are the two couples whose story is told.
"French theorist Rene Girard was one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. Read by international leaders, quoted by the French media, Girard influenced such writers as J.M. Coetzee and Milan Kundera. Dubbed "the new Darwin of the human sciences" and one of the most comp...
Two early nonfiction works from the Franco-Czech novelist looks at the smaller nations of Europe that came under the influence of Soviet communism and struggled to reassert their own post-Cold War identities.