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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

by Milan Kundera

Summary

Seven loosely connected narratives about Czechs inside and outside their country after 1968, exploring the mechanisms by which totalitarian regimes erase collective memory. Written in exile in France after Kundera's Czech citizenship was revoked.

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Milan Kundera

Czech-born novelist (1929–2023) who emigrated to France after the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. His novels combine philosophical meditation, erotic comedy, and political satire to explore identity, memory, and the weight of totalitarianism.

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Published
1979
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Milan Kundera