This book contrasts the "reign of the angels" and the "reign of the devils" as the extremes of meaning andnihilism on Earth.
This book contrasts the "reign of the angels" and the "reign of the devils" as the extremes of meaning andnihilism on Earth. At one point in this book, the narrator is hired to write an anonymous astrology columnby the editor R. Earlier, a man who calls himself "Bobby Fischer" due to treating women as chess piecesproclaims that his motto is "As far from Mother as possible" and introduces his mistress Eva to his wifeMarketa. This book ends with Jan and Edwige discussing the story of Daphnis and ChloÃ«, and it is dividedinto sections such as "Lost Letters," in which a meeting with former mistress Zdena leads to Mirek beingarrested by the secret police. For 10 points, identify this 1979 novel which depicts several repressed Czechcitizens losing their memories, written by Milan Kundera
This book contrasts the "reign of the angels" and the "reign of the devils" as the extremes of meaning andnihilism on Earth.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting [or Le Livre du rire et de l'oubli; or Kniha smÃ­chu a zapomnenÃ­]