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Life is Elsewhere
About this book
Befriend a budding poet and his adoring mother in this seductive early novel - winner of the
Prix Médicis -
by the author of
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
'An artist, clearly one of the greatest to be found anywhere.' Salman Rushdie
'Kundera's achievement has been to bring both private life and political life into one comic framework.' Ian McEwan
Young Jaromil knows he is special; in fact, he is a poet bestowed with literary genius, heir to Rimbaud. He knows this because his adoring mother told him so.
Adult Jaromil, still revelling in these truths, draws on his talents to find romance whilst making his mark on the world through both his poetry and advancing the Communist revolution.
Son, Poet, Lover. In which of these roles does Jaromil's true existence lie?
A blazingly satirical reflection on the 'lyrical age' of youthful innocence, this ironic epic of adolescence showcases Kundera's savage yet tender wit at its finest.
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Table of contents
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- PART ONE: The Poet Is Born
- PART TWO: Xavier
- PART THREE: The Poet Masturbates
- PART FOUR: The Poet Runs
- PART FIVE: The Poet Is Jealous
- PART SIX: The Man in His Forties
- PART SEVEN: The Poet Dies
- Author’s Note
- About the Author
- Also by the Author
- Copyright