A short, unsettling and offbeat love story from the author of The
Unbearable Lightness of Being. Like most of us, Kundera's
characters spend more time thinking about sex than having sex, but
their thoughts are comic, erotic and profound. In this story a chic
couple explore the limits of intimacy and the impossibility of
possession. 'His jealousy was not the same sort as he had known in
his youth... very gradually it was transforming a beloved woman
into the simulacrum of a beloved woman.' (Kirkus UK)
Sometimes - perhaps only for an instant - we fail to recognise a
companion; for a moment their identity ceases to exist, and thus we
come to doubt our own. The effect is at its most acute in a couple
where our existence is given meaning by our perception of a lover,
and theirs of us. With his astonishing skill at building on and out
from the significant moment, Kundera has placed such a situation
and the resulting wave of panic at the core of the novel. In a
narrative as intense as it is brief, a moment of confusion sets in
motion a complex chain of events which forces the reader to cross
and recross the divide between fantasy and reality. Profound, sad
and disquieting but above all a love story, Identity provides
further proof of Kundera's astonishing gifts as a novelist.
General
| Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 1999 |
| Authors: |
Milan Kundera
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 128 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
152 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-19567-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-571-19567-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780571195671 |
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