{"product_id":"89-words-followed-by-prague-disappearing","title":"89 Words Followed By Prague\/disappearing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn invigorating pair of essays exploring exile, language and national identity \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom one of Europe’s most celebrated literary stars, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e89 Words,\u003c\/i\u003e published in 1985, is an expanded version of the dictionary of sorts that readers encountered in \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Novel,\u003c\/i\u003e and comprises a fascinating and rigorous interrogation of what exile, life in another language, and the betrayals of translations entail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrague, A Disappearing Poem\u003c\/i\u003e, dating from 1980, meditates on questions of the culture of the ‘small nation’ that formed and lends specificity to Kundera’s work, and – as in A\u003ci\u003e Kidnapped West\u003c\/i\u003e – questions of the Soviet and Western attitudes to Czech culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, these provocative, elegant and wise essays remind familiar readers of Kundera''s presence – his inimitable voice – and for new readers, offer an introduction to his oeuvre: an access point into his fictional universe, characterised by devastating irony and subtlety of judgement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57304117936510,"sku":"NW9780571393237","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571393237.jpg?v=1778562682","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/89-words-followed-by-prague-disappearing","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}