Immortality
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Immortality is a 1990 novel by Milan Kundera that blends philosophical reflection with a playful narrative to explore identity, memory, and the nature of existence.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Immortality canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Milan Kundera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Prix Médicis étranger nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | authorial self-insertion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
how individuals seek symbolic immortality
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public versus private self ⓘ relationship between life and narrative ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| follows |
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
NERFINISHED
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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philosophical novel ⓘ postmodern novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Laura
NERFINISHED
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Milan Kundera NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Avenarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Agnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif | gesture of a raised hand ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essayistic digressions
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narrative about Bettina von Arnim ⓘ narrative about Goethe ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Immortality (English translation) ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multiple perspectives
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| openingScene | swimming pool scene with Agnes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| pageCount | 351 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Milan Kundera’s French-period novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
20th century
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Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | seven parts ⓘ |
| theme |
authenticity
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celebrity ⓘ death ⓘ identity ⓘ immortality ⓘ memory ⓘ the nature of existence ⓘ the relationship between author and characters ⓘ |
| translator | Peter Kussi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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