The Art of Fiction

L'art du roman

Milan Kundera's representative essays are a must-read for understanding novels of all times. Why do we still need to read novels today?
Milan Kundera's Seven Open Lessons on Fiction: From Flaubert, Kafka, Proust, to Joyce. Where do novels come from? Why do people love novels? How does reading novels benefit our lives? In this book, Milan Kundera begins with Don Quixote's departure from home, depicting the evolution of the novel and the spiritual comfort it has brought to humanity, ultimately revealing the wisdom of fiction.
"When humans think, God laughs." Kundera said that, inspired by this aphorism, he likes to imagine that Rabelais one day heard God's laughter, and thus the first great European novel was born. The art of the novel came into the world as an echo of God's laughter. The wisdom of fiction, unlike that of philosophy, arises not from a theoretical spirit but from a humorous one.
"The Art of the Novel" is also a concentrated embodiment of Kundera's novel aesthetics. Through this book, we can understand the writer's artistic views, style, techniques, his attitude towards writing, his understanding of literary tradition, and his thoughts on people and the world behind this attitude. It is the best answer to the value of the existence of novels.
★ A summary of Milan Kundera's thoughts on the art of novels as a novelist and researcher★ A must-read to understand Kundera, it is a masterpiece of Kundera's essays with great momentum★ A concentrated embodiment of Kundera's novel aesthetics, the best introductory book to understand Kundera's novel creation philosophy★ The best answer to the value of the novel: discovering things that only novels can discover is the only reason for the existence of novels★ A concentrated embodiment of Kundera's modernity: "kitsch, litost, male chauvinist, beauty, fate, vulgarity, laughter"... Kundera's interpretation of these words still has a strong sense of modernity today

2022-04-30

上海译文出版社

207

9787532789825