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Encounter

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Encounter Paperback - 2011

by Kundera, Milan,

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  • Title Encounter
  • Author Kundera, Milan,
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial
  • Publication date 2011-10-04
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 13641531
  • ISBN 9780061894435 / 0061894435
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.04
  • Quantity available 5

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From the publisher

"I can't imagine reading this book without being challenged and instructed, amused, amazed and aroused, and ultimately delighted." --John Simon, New York Times Book Review

Milan Kundera's brilliant collection of essays is a passionate defense of art in an era that, he argues, no longer values art or beauty. With the same dazzling mix of emotion and ideas that characterizes his bestselling novels, the internationally acclaimed author revisits the artists whose works help us better understand what it means to be human. Elegant, startlingly original, and provocative, Encounter combines many of the author's signature themes with personal reflections and stories.


In these provocative and deeply personal essays, Kundera confronts the essential questions of European culture:


  • A Defense of Art: A passionate argument for beauty in an era Kundera sees as increasingly hostile to the aesthetic itself.
  • Encounters with Genius: Incisive reflections on literary giants from Dostoyevsky to Cline, viewed through the personal lens of a master novelist.
  • Modern Art and Music: A stunning analysis of Francis Bacon's brutal portraiture and a moving exploration of composers from Beethoven to Schoenberg.
  • The Novelist's Perspective: Personal meditations on the craft, heritage, and future of the novel, paying homage to figures from Rabelais to Carlos Fuentes.

From the rear cover

Milan Kundera's brilliant new collection of essays is a passionate defense of art in an era that, he argues, no longer values art or beauty. With the same dazzling mix of emotion and ideas that characterizes his bestselling novels, the internationally acclaimed author revisits the artists whose works help us better understand what it means to be human. Elegant, startlingly original, and provocative, Encounter combines many of the author's signature themes with personal reflections and stories.

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  • New York Times Book Review, 11/13/2011, Page 52

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