Farewell Waltz: (Main - Re-issue)
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Milan Kundera (Author) Aaron Asher (Contributor)
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Klima, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, receives a phone call announcing that a young nurse with whom he spent a brief night at a fertility spa is pregnant. She has decided he is the father.
And so begins a comedy which, during five madcap days, unfolds with ever-increasing speed. Klima's beautiful, jealous wife, the nurse's equally jealous boyfriend, a fanatical gynaecologist, a rich American, at once Don Juan and saint, and an elderly political prisoner who, just before his emigration, is holding a farewell party at the spa are all drawn into this black comedy, as in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
As usual, Milan Kundera poses serious questions with a blasphemous lightness which makes us understand that the modern world has taken away our right to tragedy.
About the Author
The French-Czech novelist Milan Kundera was born in the Czech Republic and has lived in France since 1975. He died in Paris in 2023.
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- Contributor: Milan Kundera
- Imprint: Faber & Faber
- ISBN13: 9780571194711
- Number of Pages: 288
- Packaged Dimensions: 125x195x19mm
- Packaged Weight: 226
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Release Date: 1998-08-03
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: The French-Czech novelist Milan Kundera was born in the Czech Republic and has lived in France since 1975. He died in Paris in 2023.
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