The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

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novel

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a novel by Milan Kundera that blends political satire, philosophical reflection, and fragmented narratives to explore memory, identity, and the erasure of history in communist Czechoslovakia.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Milan Kundera NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsElement autobiographical elements ⓘ
essayistic passages ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ
exploresConcept banality of evil ⓘ
collective memory ⓘ
ideological manipulation ⓘ
personal memory ⓘ
political censorship ⓘ
relationship between laughter and forgetting ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage Czech ⓘ
genre novel ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn contemporary European literature ⓘ
hasTheme erasure of history ⓘ
exile ⓘ
forgetting ⓘ
history ⓘ
identity ⓘ
laughter ⓘ
love ⓘ
memory ⓘ
philosophical reflection ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
totalitarianism ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
narrativeStructure fragmented ⓘ
interlinked stories ⓘ
notableCharacter Karel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kristyna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marketa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mirek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamina NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage Czech ⓘ
partiallyAutobiographical true ⓘ
partOf Milan Kundera bibliography ⓘ
publicationYear 1979 ⓘ
relatedToEvent Prague Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod communist era in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
structure seven parts ⓘ

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