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Slowness by Milan Kundera (1997, Paperback)
Author: Milan KunderaISBN-10: 0060928417ISBN-13: 9780060928414
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| From one of the most distinguished writers of modern times comes a libertine fantasy which is also a profound meditation on contemporary life. Ruminating on how the pleasures of slowness have disappeared in today's fast-paced, future-shocked world, Kundera explores the secret bond between slowness and memory and the connection between our era's desire to forget and the ways in which we have given ourselves over to the demon of speed. Milan Kundera's lightest novel, a divertimento, an opera buffa, Slowness is also the first of this author's fictional works to have been written in French. Disconcerted and enchanted, the reader follows the narrator of Slowness through a midsummer's night in which two tales of seduction, separated by more than two hundred years, interweave and oscillate between the sublime and the comic. Underlying this libertine fantasy is a profound meditation on contemporary life: about the secret bond between slowness and memory, about the connection between our era's desire to forget and the way we have given ourselves over to the demon of speed. And about "dancers" possessed by the passion to be seen, for whom life is merely a perpetual show emptied of every intimacy and every joy. Two tales of seduction, separated by more than two hundred years, interweave and oscillate between the sublime and the comic in this, Milan Kundera's lightest novel. In the 18th century, the marvelous Madame de T. summons a young nobleman to her chamber and gives him an unforgettable lesson in the art of seduction and the pleasures of love. In the same chat at the end of the 20th century, a hapless intellectual experiences a rather less successful night. Distracted by his desire to be the center of attention at a convention of entomologists, Vincent misses the opportunity to be with a beautiful stranger and suffers the ridicule of his peers.A "morning-after" encounter between the two men brings the novel to a poignant close and provides a unique insight into the different mind-sets of the two centuries. As Vincent prepares to speed off on his motorcycle, he has already obliterated the memory of his humiliation. The young nobleman, on the other hand, relives the delicious pleasures of the night as he lies back on the cushions of his carriage.Ruminating on how the pleasures of slowness have disappeared in today's fast-paced, future-shocked world, Kundera explores the secret bond between slowness and memory and the connection between our era's desire to forget and the way we have given ourselves over to the demon of speed. As provocative as it is entertaining, Slowness is Kundera in top form. | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| ISBN-10 | 0060928417 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780060928414 |
| Key Details | |
| Author | Milan Kundera |
| Number Of Pages | 176 pages |
| Format | Paperback |
| Publication Date | 1997-04-11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 4.8 Oz |
| Height | 0.5 In. |
| Width | 5.3 In. |
| Length | 8 In. |
| Target Audience | |
| Group | Trade |
| Classification Method | |
| LCCN | 96-006253 |
| LC Classification Number | PQ2671.U47 |
| Dewey Decimal | 843.9/14 |
| Dewey Edition | 21 |
| Contributors | |
| Translated by | Linda Asher |
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