Joke - Milan Kundera Gift Edition If she bests her fellow

If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel

these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensible cornerstone for every home library

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Joke - Milan Kundera Gift Edition If she bests her fellowThe Joke, Milan Kundera's first novel, gained him a huge following in his own country and launched his worldwide literary reputation. In his foreword Kundera explains why this completely revised translation is the definitive edition of his work. 'It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties, comedy and wisdom of this very beautiful novel. The author of The Joke is clearly one of the best to be found anywhere.' Salman Rushdie, Observer