Donald Barthelme's Reading List
A reading list Donald Barthelme composed for his students. "In no apparent order, just read them."
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1929-04-01–2023-07-11
Also known as Kundera, Milan.
Milan Kundera (1. dubna 1929 Brno – 11. července 2023 Paříž) byl česko-francouzský spisovatel. Od roku 1975 žil ve Francii, v roce 1979 byl zbaven československého státního občanství, roku 1981 získal občanství francouzské a v roce 2019 mu bylo vráceno občanství české. Texty psal nejdříve česky, později francouzsky. Do literatury vstoupil jako básník a dramatik, nakonec se ale stal celosvětově známým především jako prozaik a esejista. Jeho texty, zejména Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí, Nesmrtelnost a Žert, se zařadily mezi nejčastěji překládaná česká díla ve světě. Svá pozdější díla ve francouzštině k překladům do češtiny dlouho nesvěřoval, první přeloženou prózou do rodného jazyka se stala až Slavnost bezvýznamnosti v roce 2020.
Milan Kundera (April 1, 1929, Brno – July 11, 2023, Paris) was a Czech-French writer. He lived in France since 1975, was stripped of his Czechoslovak citizenship in 1979, acquired French citizenship in 1981, and had his Czech citizenship restored in 2019. He first wrote his texts in Czech, later in French. He entered literature as a poet and playwright, but eventually became known worldwide primarily as a prose writer and essayist. His texts, especially The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Immortality and The Joke,* are among the most frequently translated Czech works in the world. He did not entrust his later works in French to Czech translations for a long time, and the first prose work translated into his native language was The Celebration of Insignificance in 2020.
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Readers in conversation
Public notes, reviews, lists, and conversations around Milan Kundera.
A reading list Donald Barthelme composed for his students. "In no apparent order, just read them."
The Comprehensive and Encyclopedic Conor Oberst Reading Guide: books featured in Oberst's lyrics and books he's talked about in interviews. Lyrics and links provided to cite my sources, cover my ass, etc. Lyrics: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kun…
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Sorry if you like this book but I fucking hated it. Will never understand its praise. Just felt like reading a straight man’s middle life crisis, so I guess if you can relate maybe it’s for you. It’s a novel that gestures toward philosophy but only delivers t…