Beschrijving
The author initially intended to call this novel, The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet. His mother made hima poet and accompanies him (figuratively) to his love bed and (literally) to his deathbed. A ridiculous and touching character, horrifying and totally innocent ("innocence with its bloody smile"!), Jaromil is at the same time a true poet. He's no creep, he's Rimbaud. Rimbaud entrapped by the communist revolution, entrapped in a somber farce.
Boekdetails
Formaat
Paperback
Pagina's
427 pagina's
Taal
Chinees
Gepubliceerd
mei 1, 2004
Uitgever
上海译文出版社
Edities
70 edities
ISBN-10
7532733327
ISBN-13
9787532733323