This author championed four literary "Pleiades", namely Gombrowicz, Musil, Broch, and Kafka,in his critical writings, which include The Curtain and The Art of the Novel. In one of his novels, aradio commentator bungles her suicide attempt by opening a bottle of laxatives ins
This author championed four literary "Pleiades", namely Gombrowicz, Musil, Broch, and Kafka,in his critical writings, which include The Curtain and The Art of the Novel. In one of his novels, aradio commentator bungles her suicide attempt by opening a bottle of laxatives instead of a containerof aspirin. In that novel by this author, Pavel rats out the protagonist for sending an innocuous (*)postcard reading "Optimism is the opium of the people!" In another of his novels, the dog Karenin smilesshortly before dying of cancer, which reunites a former waitress and a surgeon who has an affair withSabina. For 10 points, name this Czech author of The Joke who wrote about Tomas and Tereza in TheUnbearable Lightness of Being.
This author championed four literary "Pleiades", namely Gombrowicz, Musil, Broch, and Kafka,in his critical writings, which include The Curtain and The Art of the Novel.
Milan Kundera