Ignorance
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"Ignorance" is a novel by Milan Kundera that explores memory, exile, and the elusive nature of home through the intertwined lives of two Czech émigrés returning after the fall of communism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ignorance canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Milan Kundera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
disillusionment with return from exile
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tension between past and present identities ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
distance between exiles and those who remained
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emotional cost of political exile ⓘ limits of understanding between people ⓘ émigré experience after the fall of communism ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Irena
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Josef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Czech émigrés returning home
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post-1989 social changes in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
exile literature
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philosophical novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
exile
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homecoming ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ the nature of home ⓘ the unreliability of memory ⓘ |
| motif |
encounters with those who stayed
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lost homeland ⓘ misremembered past ⓘ return journey ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Milan Kundera's later works ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept |
Ulysses myth reinterpreted
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ignorance as a gap between memories and reality ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Identity
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Slowness NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unbearable Lightness of Being NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
Czech Republic
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-communist Czech Republic ⓘ |
| structure | interwoven narratives ⓘ |
| style |
concise prose
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essayistic digressions ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo |
blindness to others’ inner lives
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what people do not know about each other’s pasts ⓘ |
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