Farewell Waltz
of Milan Kundera, Aaron Asher (Translator)
Description
Klima, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, receives a phone call announcing that a young nurse with whom he spent a brief night at a fertility spa is pregnant. She has decided he is the father.And so begins a comedy in which, during five madcap days, events unfold with ever-increasing speed. Klima's beautiful, jealous wife; the nurse's equally jealous boyfriend; a fanatical gynecologist; a rich American, at once Don Juan and saint; and an elderly political prisoner who, just before his emigration, is holding a farewell party at the spa, are all drawn into this black comedy, as in A Midsummer Night's Dream.As usual, Milan Kundera poses serious questions with a blasphemous lightness which makes us understand that the modern world has taken away our right to tragedy.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288 pages
- Publisher Faber and Faber
- Publication Date August 1st 1998
- First Publication 10/30/72
- Language English
- ISBN 9780571194711
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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