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  <title><![CDATA[Identity: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;There are situations in which we fail for a moment to recognize the person we are with, in which the identity of the other is erased while we simultaneously doubt our own. This also happens with couples--indeed, above all with couples, because lovers fear more than anything else &quot;losing sight&quot; of the loved one. &lt;P&gt;With stunning artfulness in expanding and playing variations on the meaningful moment, Milan Kundera has made this situation--and the vague sense of panic it inspires--the very fabric of his new novel. Here brevity goes hand in hand with intensity, and a moment of bewilderment marks the start of a labyrinthine journey during which the reader repeatedly crosses the border between the real and the unreal, between what occurs in the world outside and what the mind creates in its solitude. &lt;P&gt;Of all contemporary writers, only Kundera can transform such a hidden and disconcerting perception into the material for a novel, one of his finest, most painful, and most enlightening. Which, surprisingly, turns out to be a love story.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1998</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Milan Kundera]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Melalui novel ini akhirnya saya mengenal Milan Kundera, sebuah nama yang sering saya dengar, dan novel-novelnya yang sering mendapat pujian . <br/>Sulit menceritakan kembali isi novel ini, karena bagi saya bukan saja kisah mengenai Jean Marc dan Chantal saja yang menjadi plot dalam kisah ini, akan ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49114148">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Milan Kundera and I are both April fools, so I have always felt a sense of kinship with him. I do not know if April Fool's Day is &quot;celebrated&quot; in the Czech Republic, but I pretend that it is and that he, too, endured fake cakes and tricks as a child. <br/><br/>Kundera is best known for t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29684206">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Dec 12 16:10:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 12 16:10:36 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This small gripping novel is the story of two lovers, Jean-Marc and Chantal.  It moves from one to the other, following assumptions, emotions, beliefs and ideas - some shared, but mostly held in secret.  It's about being seen, and about how we see each other.  Identity is not fixed but is drawn from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39975397">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 13 06:15:04 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 13 06:44:49 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Two people are in a relationship and Kundera brilliantly strings together their disconnected thoughts. The paranoid Chantal obsesses about men not being attracted to her anymore and is overly excited when she starts receiving letters from an admirer. Her lover Jean-Marc is forever disturbed for not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/702358">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14917986">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 08 11:52:59 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 08 11:54:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was SORELY disappointed in this book, and it marked the end of the road for me and Kundera.  Not only was this book significantly shorter than his others, the story line was just unsatisfying (perhaps because it was too short to be adequately developed?).  Also, I felt like it was a recycled story...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14917986">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Identity by Milan Kundera was the first books that I read for this great writer. Together with it I enjoyed the persisting presence of existential thoughts in other novels such as The Joke and the Unbearable Lightness of Being. In Identity as the title itself shows the writer tried to lead us involu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70572386">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37598426">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Nov 28 07:59:35 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[وقتی ژان مارک برای شانتال از مفهوم دوست سخن می گوید، کیفیت دوستی را در روزگار ما اسف انگیز می داند:«آنچه من همواره، از اوان جوانی، شاید از زمان کودکیم، آرزو می کردم کا...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37598426">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57122509">
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  <date_added>Sat May 23 22:20:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 01 07:48:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[سوالي كه بعد از خواندن اي رمان براي من پيش امد اين بود كه واقعا مرز بين رويا و واقعيت در تفكر و تخيل ما كجاست؟<br/> يا به قولي انسان معاصر چقدر بي پناه و تنهاست؟<br/><br/>چن...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57122509">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67217966">
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 13 07:08:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 13 07:08:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ein etwas spröde und daher teilweise mühevoll zu lesendes Buch. Es gibt wenig Anschauliches, Beschreibungen von Äußerlichkeiten (Personen, Umgebung) werden eher vernachlässigt. Der Text bezieht sich meist auf die Innenansicht, Gedanken, Gefühle der HauptdarstellerIn. Gegen Ende wird die Geschi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67217966">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46587336">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mel]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 16 19:45:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 16 20:24:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[novelnya cukup singkat. <em>ending</em>-nya juga saya sukai. menarik. padat dengan sudut pandang kedua tokoh utama, sepasang kekasih bernama jean-marc dan chantal. pikiran-pikiran, emosi, hasrat, ketakutan, impian, alasan, asumsi, ilusi, perdebatan yang berbenturan di benak serta hati mereka, dua wajah yang ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46587336">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73191747">
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 02 06:50:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 06:51:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[اگر در معرض کین و نفرت قرارگیری، اگر متهم گردی و طعمه دیگران شوی، از کسانی که تو را میشناسند، میتوانی انتظار دو نوع واکنش داشته باشی: برخی همرنگ جماعت میشوند، برخی دی...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73191747">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57991174">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 01 20:01:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this was a quick read, little novella, that captures a glimpse of how quickly identity and mistrust cloud what should be a strong relationship.  maybe it's more a comment on how fragile love is.  the book had me on the edge of my seat though towards the end.  are the lovers really going to end their...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57991174">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34498267">
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    <body><![CDATA[باسلام اگرامكان داشته باشد كتاب هويت رابراي من بفرستيد<br/>باتشكر]]></body>
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    <review id="58388520">
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    <body><![CDATA[Strongly recommended (and lent) by a friend, I excitedly read the book, but halfway through, I found the story a bit boring and dragging. It was a short read, finished it in 2 hours and found it lacking in excitement. Sad to say that I wasn't entertained and I found conversations between Chantal and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58388520">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[After much circumlocution and endless iterations of reason, we finally arrive at the novel's climax only to find that it has been a dream.  A dream!  Teased along by a dream sequence a la, <em>Who Shot JR?</em>  <br/><br/><br/>I am insulted.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Certainly, there were some fine moments:<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47852301">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read Identity for a book club, but wound up missing most of the book club meeting. That’s neither here nor there, however. Most of the participants found the ending to be disappointing. For the most part, I agree. However, as I consider the book more, I wonder if somehow it isn’t more fitting ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40965351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the beginning it was amazing, it the middle I really liked it, and at the end I was somewhere between not liking it and it being okay. SPOILER The realistic beginning was really great, then it started to get a little far fetched and I was like &quot;eh&quot; and I think it was around when they we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40149440">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[کوندرا را به این دلیل بسیار دوست دارم که مرا در چهارچوب بسته ی یک روایت زندانی نمی کند. خواندن کونرا مثل این است که دوستی را پس از سال ها در یک کافه ملاقات کنید و در حال...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50697">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fast-moving and high paced, but ultimately not his best. From what I recall of 'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting' (one of my favorite Kundera novels), 'Identity' draws heavily on similar images and themes. As with most Kundera, I recommend reading on a trip, as characters are constantly moving be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67484017">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wouldn't call this book my very favorite by Kundera (I love his work tremendously, no-fiction as well as fiction)but it is a splendid novel nonetheless. I think it has a certain cinematographic feeling: the author sets up frames which are described in delicate details, it's easy to invision charac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1225837">more...</a>]]></body>
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