Prague, disappearing poetry
“The comic is more cruel: it brutally reveals to us the insignificance of everything.” Born from the union of two short texts published in the 1980s in Le Débat, the book offers an even more intimate insight into Kundera. In both the first essay (Prague, Disappearing Poetry) and the second (Eighty-Nine Words), one gets the impression of a champion of beauty, memory, truth, and a firm resolve to avoid compromise. With the Force of Reason,...