''The Curtain'' is a seven-part essay by
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera (, ; born 1 April 1929) is a Czech writer who went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a naturalised French citizen in 1981. Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, then conferred again in 2019. He "sees himself ...
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The Art of the Novel
''The Art of the Novel'' is a 1986 essay about European literature by Milan Kundera, in which the author describes his opinions about the novel and his own experiences with writing novels.
Origins
The essay was not written by Kundera as one ...
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Testaments Betrayed
A testament is a document that the author has sworn to be true. In law it usually means last will and testament.
Testament or The Testament can also refer to:
Books
* ''Testament'' (comic book), a 2005 comic book
* ''Testament'', a thriller nov ...
'' composing a type of trilogy of book-length essays on the European novel.
''The Curtain'' was originally published as ''Le Rideau'', in French in April 2005 by
Gallimard. It was published in English on 30 January 2007 by
HarperCollins
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Essay collections
2004 essays
Éditions Gallimard books
Works by Milan Kundera
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