"Farewell Waltz" is Milan Kundera's important novel masterpiece. It was completed in Bohemia between 1969 and 1970. It won the Italian Best Foreign Literature Award. This work is cleverly conceived and full of black humor, and is recognized as a masterpiece of contemporary literature.
The novel takes the Soviet Union's invasion of Prague as the political background. Through the twists and turns of eight characters, including a cheating trumpeter, an American businessman, a doctor, a sanatorium nurse, and a released prisoner, the novel deeply explores many complex and contradictory dilemmas and problems in life at a philosophical level, and provides insight into the lives and moods of Czech intellectuals at a specific historical stage.
The work adopts the "montage" technique of the movie, and the psychological description of the characters is meticulous, and sometimes reveals "Kundera-style" irony, revealing a rich tragic atmosphere in the seemingly relaxed atmosphere.
Reader comments
The plot of this book is so exciting! Kundera uses his unique "montage" technique to skillfully interweave the stories of each character. I especially hate the cheating trumpet player, he is really a selfish person. However, some sentences in the book are very profound, such as "People can never know what they want, because people can only live once, and they can neither compare it with previous lives nor modify it in the next life." This made me think more about life. I recommend you read this book!
It's brilliant, and what I admire most is that an ordinary conversation can naturally connect to a serious discussion topic in an instant, and there is no sense of contradiction. Of course, Milan Kundera has always been beyond the reach of others in describing character psychology.
The plot of this book is so exciting! Kundera uses his unique "montage" technique to skillfully interweave the stories of each character. I especially hate the cheating trumpet player, he is really a selfish person. However, some sentences in the book are very profound, such as "People can never know what they want, because people can only live once, and they can neither compare it with previous lives nor modify it in the next life." This made me think more about life. I recommend you read this book!
It's brilliant, and what I admire most is that an ordinary conversation can naturally connect to a serious discussion topic in an instant, and there is no sense of contradiction. Of course, Milan Kundera has always been beyond the reach of others in describing character psychology.
Have a deep understanding of human nature
Beautiful, worth pondering