Laughable Loves

A Novel

by Milan Kundera

On Sale: 05/23/2023

Laughable Loves

A Novel

by Milan Kundera

On Sale: 05/23/2023

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About the Book

"An intellectual heavyweight and a pure literary virtuoso, Milan Kundera takes some of Freud's most cherished complexes and irreverently whirls them about in acts of legerdemain that capture our darkest, deepest human passions. . . . The tales in Laughable Loves surprise and illuminate. . . . Kundera's world is complex, full of mockeries and paradoxes. Life is often brutal and humiliating; it is often blasphemous, funny, irritating." — Cleveland Plain Dealer

Milan Kundera is a master of graceful illusion and illuminating surprise. In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road—only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God. In yet another girls wait in bars, on beaches, and on station platforms for the same lover, a middle-aged Don Juan who has gone home to his wife. Games, fantasies, and schemes abound in all the stories while different characters react in varying ways to the sudden release of erotic impulses.

Critical Praise

"An intellectual heavyweight and a pure literary virtuoso, Milan Kundera takes some of Freud's most cherished complexes and irreverently whirls them about in acts of legerdemain that capture our darkest, deepest human passions. . . . The tales in Laughable Loves surprise and illuminate. . . . Kundera's world is complex, full of mockeries and paradoxes. Life is often brutal and humiliating; it is often blasphemous, funny, irritating." — Abe Ravitz, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Buoyantly energetic and virtuosic." — Walter Clemons, Newsweek

"Light, wry, and wise." — John Skow, Time

"Milan Kundera offers a very special blend of sympathy and cynicism, irony and affability, that is unmatched in our literature." — Thomas Joyce, Chicago Sun-Times

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780063290716
  • ISBN 10: 0063290715
  • Imprint: Harper Perennial
  • On Sale: 05/23/2023
  • Pages: 304
  • List Price:11.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Psychological
  • BISAC4 : FICTION / Literary

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