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Farewell Waltz
Farewell Waltz
Milan Kundera Yu Zhongxian 译
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★ Milan Kundera's most cherished novel★ Variations on a Black Love Game★ The ultimate inquiry into the value of human existence. "The Farewell Waltz," a major representative novel by Milan Kundera, was completed in Bohemia between 1969 and 1970 and won the Italian Prize for Best Foreign Literature. With its ingenious conception and rich black humor, it is recognized as a masterpiece of contemporary literature.
Set against the political backdrop of the Soviet invasion of Prague, the novel, through the twists and turns of eight characters—an unfaithful trumpet player, an American businessman, a doctor, a nursing home nurse, and a released prisoner—profoundly explores the complex and contradictory dilemmas and problems of life at a philosophical level, shedding light on the lives and mindsets of Czech intellectuals at a specific historical moment. Employing cinematic montage techniques, the work offers meticulous psychological portraits, interspersed with Kundera-esque irony, creating a profoundly tragic atmosphere within its seemingly lighthearted narrative.
Set against the political backdrop of the Soviet invasion of Prague, the novel, through the twists and turns of eight characters—an unfaithful trumpet player, an American businessman, a doctor, a nursing home nurse, and a released prisoner—profoundly explores the complex and contradictory dilemmas and problems of life at a philosophical level, shedding light on the lives and mindsets of Czech intellectuals at a specific historical moment. Employing cinematic montage techniques, the work offers meticulous psychological portraits, interspersed with Kundera-esque irony, creating a profoundly tragic atmosphere within its seemingly lighthearted narrative.
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页数/Page: 324