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Title: Good novel; loutish introduction
Review: Very well-written novel about the moral deformity of a man, those who act against him, and of the communist system as a whole. Yes, the "joke" if you can call it that, is certainly on Ludvik and on everyone who puts their willing suspension of disbelief into communism.That said, what's up with Kundera's introduction? As an editorial review pointed out, we're not translating the Dead Sea Scrolls here. It's just one Indo-European language into another, and a fairly close one at that. *Five* different translations? Come on. Kundera, you're good, but you're not the Lord's apostle of truth. Stop being such a prima dona.
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