Slowness
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Slowness is a philosophical novel by Milan Kundera that intertwines themes of memory, desire, and the contrast between modern haste and contemplative living.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Slowness canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Milan Kundera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
contrast between speed and slowness
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dance of seduction ⓘ motorcycle accident ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1995 ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistType | intellectual narrator ⓘ |
| hasTemporalStructure | interplay of 18th-century and contemporary episodes ⓘ |
| languageOfEnglishEdition | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
essayistic digressions
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
interwoven storylines
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metafictional commentary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of narrative and essay
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reflection on speed in contemporary life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Lenteur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | Milan Kundera bibliography ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
impact of modern haste on experience
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nature of pleasure ⓘ relationship between speed and memory ⓘ spectacle and exhibitionism ⓘ |
| positionInAuthorOeuvre | first novel written in French by Milan Kundera ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfEnglishTranslation | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Gallimard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
France
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a country chateau ⓘ |
| theme |
contemplative living
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desire ⓘ eroticism ⓘ haste ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ memory and forgetting ⓘ modernity ⓘ technology and speed ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish | Linda Asher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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