{"product_id":"the-joke-1","title":"Milan Kundera: The Joke [2000] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel by author of modern classic \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being, \u003c\/i\u003eof which Salman Rushdie wrote: 'It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties, comedy and wisdom of this very beautiful novel.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, more than a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Milan Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kundera, Milan \u0026 Asher, Aaron \u0026 Heim, Michael Henry","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":53556557283667,"sku":"XG80571166930","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":47898407043411,"sku":"XE80571166930","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/kundera-milan-asher-aaron-heim-michael-henry-the-joke-xe80571166930-55189300412755.jpg?v=1711743272","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-joke-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}