false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1229789333m/6014536.jpg 44559 29 <p> The author initially intended to call this novel, <i> The Lyrical Age</i>. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce. 245284 1973 Life Is Elsewhere total:1683|5:408|4:666|3:499|2:93|1:17| 1683 6404 2318 55 4 3 false false Wed Sep 03 10:08:50 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 07:54:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 18:28:20 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 19:04:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 05 03:31:59 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 03:35:00 -0800 2008
But then I really did read it too quickly, the bu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 19:22:27 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 15:25:18 -0700 2007 The Unbearable Lightness Of Being or The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting. The book deals with the main character's adolescence, although the first section lingers on ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 17 00:32:27 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 30 01:27:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 06 04:55:10 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 21:37:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 09:30:17 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 09:35:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 09:35:09 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 10:14:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 09 15:48:22 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 16:01:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 19:51:08 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 19:58:38 -0700 2009
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"(every event was welcome in his monotonous desert)"]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:53:29 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 06:35:41 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 17 09:39:12 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 04 11:42:44 -0800 2008 The story's structure is based on m...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 23:50:43 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 23:52:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Mon Dec 22 00:24:29 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 00:25:13 -0800 2008
I thought it was good. Funny.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 05 17:21:31 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 17:21:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:37:31 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 23:56:08 -0700 2009
from a young girl in search of love and ready to leave everything for the lover.. seems so naive but change much time after time..she become very possesive to her real love-of-her-life, her son...the poet.

Jaromil the poet.. was born unwanted...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Jan 20 00:54:02 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 00:59:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6014536