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Farewell Waltz

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Farewell Waltz

By: Milan Kundera, Aaron Asher
Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
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In this dark farce of a novel, set in an old-fashioned Central European spa town, eight characters are swept up in an accelerating dance. Perhaps the most brilliantly plotted and entertaining of Milan Kundera's novels, Farewell Waltz poses the most serious questions with a blasphemous lightness that makes us see that the modern world has deprived us even of the right to tragedy.

Written in Bohemia in 1969-70, this book was first published in 1976. This beautiful new translation, made from the French text prepared by the novelist himself, fully reflects his own tone and intentions. As such it offers an opportunity for both the discovery and the rediscovery of one of the very best of a great writer's works.

©2013 Milan Kundera (P)2013 Faber & Faber
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I struggled with the satire. The misogyny seemed more joking-not-joking 😐 It would have been easier if there had been some sort of wink to the reader.

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