Living Elsewhere: the Works of Milan Kundera (2022 Edition)
About This Novel
Milan Kundera's masterpiece novel, read Milan Kundera's Book of Youth. A book about pursuing dreams, written for every young person who yearns for beauty and sublimity in mediocrity; a journey of self-pursuit: If we cannot change the world, at least we should change our own lives and live freely. "Living Elsewhere" is Milan Kundera's masterpiece novel and won the Medici Award. "Life is elsewhere" is a famous saying by the French poet Rimbaud. In the eyes of a young man full of longing, the real life is not around him, but always somewhere else. The protagonist of this book, Jaromil, is one of them. He grew up in the meticulous care of his mother. He is sensitive, weak, and shy. His mother takes care of everything about him and always treats him as a child. For him, only by breaking away from his mother's control can he truly have his own life. "Living somewhere else" became his creed growing up.
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
I read it wholeheartedly and was deeply moved by the delicate and accurate psychological descriptions in it. I think there are too many thoughts and emotions behind them that I have not read. It is a book worth collecting.
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
I read it wholeheartedly and was deeply moved by the delicate and accurate psychological descriptions in it. I think there are too many thoughts and emotions behind them that I have not read. It is a book worth collecting.
