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Author:
Kundera, Milan, author.
Title:
A kidnapped West : the tragedy of Central Europe / Milan Kundera ; translated from the French by Linda Asher and Edmund White.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Harperan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
80 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Europe, Central--Politics and government.
Europe--Civilization.
Essays.
Speeches.
Other Authors:
Asher, Linda, translator.
White, Edmund, 1940- translator.
Container of (expression): Kundera, Milan. Tragédie de l'Europe centrale. English.
Other Titles:
Occident kidnappé. English.
Notes:
Originally published as Un Occident kidnappé, copyright 2021 by Editions Gallimard, in Paris, France. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The tragedy of Central Europe presentation by Pierre Nora -- Address to the Czech Writers' Congress: The literature of small nations (1983). A kidnapped West, or the tragedy of Central Europe, 1983, by Milan Kundera / presentation by Pierre Nora -- The tragedy of Central Europe (1983).
Summary:
"A short collection of brilliant early essays that offers a fascinating context for the Milan Kundera's subsequent career and holds a mirror to much recent European history. It is also remarkably prescient with regard to Russia's current aggression in Ukraine and its threat to the rest of Europe."--Amazon.
ISBN:
0063272954
9780063272958
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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