Name: Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts
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Author: Milan Kundera
ISBN: 9780060927516

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Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts

Type

Physical Book

Author

Milan Kundera

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Language

English

Pages

279

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.7 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN

0060927518

ISBN13

9780060927516

Synopsis "Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts "

A brilliant and thought-provoking essay from one of the twentieth century's masters of fiction, Testaments Betrayed is written like a novel: the same characters appear and reappear throughout the nine parts of the book, as do the principal themes that preoccupy the author. Kundera is a passionate defender of the moral rights of the artist and the respect due a work of art and its creator's wishes. The betrayal of both--often by their most passionate proponents--is one of the key ideas that informs this strikingly original and elegant book.

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera (/'mɪlan 'kundɛra/ Brno, April 1, 1929-Paris, July 11, 2023) was a Czech novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Since 1975, he lived with his wife in France, where he acquired citizenship in 1987.

Kundera's most famous work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Before the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the communist regime in Czechoslovakia banned his books. He led a low-profile life and rarely spoke to the media. He was thought to be a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature and was also nominated for other awards.

He received the Jerusalem Prize in 1985, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 1987, and the Herder Prize in 2000. In 2021, he was awarded the Order of Merit by the president of Slovenia.

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