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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Main - 40th anniversary edition
Milan Kundera
A new edition of the seminal novel by a literary master, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first publication. 'One is torn between profound pleasure in the novel's execution and wonder at the pain that inspired it.' Ian McEwan'A masterpiece.' Salman RushdieThis book is a novel in the form of variations.
320 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 3, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571357734 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 123 × 193 × 21 mm · 262 g |
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