{"product_id":"89-words-followed-by-prague-milan-kundera","title":"89 Words followed by Prague","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"summary_description\" class=\"section-st pt--4-tb pb--5-tb pt--03-mb pb--05-mb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tt-grid-half-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tt-grid-half-col__item-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn invigorating pair of essays exploring exile, language and national identity\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom one of Europe’s most celebrated literary stars, the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e89 Words,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epublished in 1985, is an expanded version of the dictionary of sorts that readers encountered in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Novel,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand comprises a fascinating and rigorous interrogation of what exile, life in another language, and the betrayals of translations entail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrague, A Disappearing Poem\u003c\/i\u003e, dating from 1980, meditates on questions of the culture of the ‘small nation’ that formed and lends specificity to Kundera’s work, and – as in A\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKidnapped West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– questions of the Soviet and Western attitudes to Czech culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these provocative, elegant and wise essays remind familiar readers of Kundera’s presence – his inimitable voice – and for new readers, offer an introduction to his oeuvre: an access point into his fictional universe, characterised by devastating irony and subtlety of judgement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"critic_reviews\" class=\"section-st section-st_sm-bt section-st_top-non section-st_hidden slider-st_review pb--04-tb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slider-review slider-review_second\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"swiper-container swiper-container-initialized swiper-container-horizontal swiper-container-pointer-events\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"swiper-wrapper\" id=\"swiper-wrapper-284f4d723f3c93f7\" aria-live=\"polite\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide-active\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"1 \/ 3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review-card review-card_second\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tt-section review-card__tt tt-section_sm-push\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tt-site tt-site_h2\"\u003eCritic\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Milan Kundera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48389499093207,"sku":"9780571393237","price":6.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0498\/4081\/6279\/files\/97_07b6f5a2-5015-4219-8820-4496f40310c4.png?v=1773914577","url":"https:\/\/theenglishbookshop.com\/products\/89-words-followed-by-prague-milan-kundera","provider":"The English Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}