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Kundera analyzes the novel in his second of three books of essays on the art of the novel. The Curtain is wedged in between "Encounters" and "The Art of the Novel." All three are excellent and thought provoking.
Why do we read and write novels? One answer propounded by Kundera is from Flaubert: "I have always done my utmost to get into the soul of things." Kundera sees the novel as a unique art form that allows us to access the world through its own unique doorway. For the unique morality of the ...more
Why do we read and write novels? One answer propounded by Kundera is from Flaubert: "I have always done my utmost to get into the soul of things." Kundera sees the novel as a unique art form that allows us to access the world through its own unique doorway. For the unique morality of the ...more
Oct 08, 2009
Juliana Philippa
marked it as to-read
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Gary Dale
marked it as to-read
