Jacques and His Master: A Play - Couverture souple

Kundera, Milan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062219073 ISBN 13 : 9780062219077

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2013

Synopsis

A deliciously witty and entertaining play and "variation" on Diderot's novel Jacques le Fatalist, written for Milan Kundera's "private pleasure" in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.

When the "heavy Russian irrationality" fell on Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera explains, he felt drawn to the spirit of the eighteenth century—"And it seemed to me that nowhere was it to be found more densely concentrated than in that banquet of intelligence, humor, and fantasy, Jacques le Fataliste."

The upshot was this "Homage to Diderot," a philosophical comedy which has now been performed throughout the United States and Europe. Here, Jacques and His Master, newly translated by Simon Callow, is a text that will delight admirers of Milan Kundera and thought-provoking European theatre throughout the English-speaking world.

A play of ideas that is also a feast of entertainment:

• Witty Dialogue: Experience the sharp, philosophical banter between a fatalistic servant and his wandering master as they debate love, loyalty, and what is ‘written up there.’
• A Master and Servant Story: Explore one of literature's classic dynamics, reimagined by a modern master who uses the centuries-old relationship to probe timeless questions of freedom and fate.
• Literature as Resistance: Discover why Kundera turned to the spirit of the Enlightenment as a personal and artistic response to the Russian invasion of his native Czechoslovakia.
• A Play of Ideas: Engage with a work that is both a tribute to the novel form and a playful, profound exploration of storytelling itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Franco-Czech novelist Milan Kundera (1929–2023) was born in Brno and lived in France, his second homeland, since 1975 until his death. He is the author of the novels The Joke, Life Is Elsewhere, Farewell Waltz, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and Immortality, and the short story collection Laughable Loves—all originally in Czech. His more recent novels, Slowness, Identity, Ignorance, and The Festival of Insignificance, as well as his nonfiction works, The Art of the Novel, Testaments Betrayed, The Curtain, and Encounter, were originally written in French.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Jacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining "variation" on Diderot's novel Jacques le Fatalist, written for Milan Kundera's "private pleasure" in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.

When the "heavy Russian irrationality" fell on Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera explains, he felt drawn to the spirit of the eighteenth century—"And it seemed to me that nowhere was it to be found more densely concentrated than in that banquet of intelligence, humor, and fantasy, Jacques le Fataliste."

The upshot was this "Homage to Diderot," which has now been performed throughout the United States and Europe. Here, Jacques and His Master, newly translated by Simon Callow, is a text that will delight Kundera's admirers throughout the English-speaking world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0062219073
• ISBN 13: 9780062219077
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 92
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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