Kundera's masterpiece

Kundera's masterpieces include Joke, Living Elsewhere, Farewell Waltz, Laughing and Forgetting, and Unbearable Lightness in Life.

1, joke

The joke is a novel written by Milan Kundera, completed by 1965 and published by 1967. This work tells the story of a young intellectual Ludwig who was framed by his friend Zemanek because he played a joke with his girlfriend, and was sent to a labor camp. After returning home, he designed to seduce his wife Helena to get back at Zemanek. After the plan was successful, he discovered that Zemanek had long wanted to abandon his wife, and his revenge became a useless "joke". This work reveals the absurdity of history through the hero's experience.

2. "Living elsewhere"

This novel by Milan Kundera, the author of Living Elsewhere, was completed in 1969 and first published in France in 1973. Living elsewhere is a portrait of a young artist. Kundera created the image of Ya Romil and described the young poet's passionate and short life.

Step 3 say goodbye to the waltz

Farewell Party, also known as Farewell Waltz, is a novel written by Milan Kundera in Bohemia between 1969- 1970. Based on the political background of the Soviet Union's invasion of Prague, the novel explores the complicated and contradictory problems and life dilemmas of many characters from the philosophical level through the tortuous love stories of eight characters, including trumpeter, American businessman, nursing home nurse and released prisoner.

4. "Laugh and forget to record"

Laughing and Forgetting Records is Milan Kundera's first novel after he moved to France, and it is also a unique one among all his works. This novel contains various literary genres-historical narrative, fable, prose, philosophical meditation and so on. They are connected with the plot, which shows Kundera's concern for the universal survival dilemma of mankind and his unique political and philosophical thinking.

5. unbearable lightness in life

The unbearable lightness of life is a novel written by Milan Kundera, which was first published in 1984. This novel describes the love life between Thomas, Teresa and Salina. However, it is not a love triangle story between a man and two women, but a philosophical novel. Starting from the discussion of "eternal reincarnation", the novel brings readers into thinking about a series of issues such as lightness and heaviness, spirit and flesh.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Milan Kundera (Czech French novelist)