Milan Kundera: Irony and the novel, Culture
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In ‘The Joke’, the Czech-French writer began to explore the subject that would haunt him all his life: human beings’ fight against the forces that rob them of their freedom
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Milan Kundera, author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', dies at 94
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The Kundera Conundrum: Kundera, Respekt and Contempt
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Czech-French writer Milan Kundera took on life's absurdity through satire and poetic prose
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Milan Kundera - 'not a single serious word
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Czech mate, Books
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Ignorance : A Novel by Milan Kundera (2002, Hardcover) for sale online
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Milan Kundera: Irony and the novel, Culture
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Novelist Milan Kundera mixed philosophy, irony to explore human nature
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Tribute to Milan Kundera / Czech Center – New York
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Milan Kundera (1929-2023): A writer who explored the human condition by mixing philosophy and irony - Frontline
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Milan Kundera: The Nobel Prize for Literature Winner We Never Had
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Milan Kundera's 'transcendental buffoonery' - The Spectator World