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New York. 1982. November 1982. Harper & Row. 1st Edition of This New Translation. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0060149876. Newly Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. 267 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated Eastern Europe World Literature. DESCRIPTION - All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after THE JOKE was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera �s work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence. The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of THE JOKE. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic. inventory #2745

Size: 8x5x1; ***Please Read*** price clip inside flap of dj-No marks on text-My shelf location 42-e-26.

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Translated by Michael Henry Heim. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear.

New York: Harper & Row, [1982]. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Bound in the publisher's original quarter black cloth and paper covered boards with the spine stamped in gilt

This is a Stated First U.S. Edition of. a complete translation, with Full number line to 1. The Book is in Very Good used condition. The Book has a remainder mark to page bottoms and some yellowing/browning to pages. The binding is tight and squared. The Dust Jacket is in Good condition with edge wear and chips to corners along with a closed tear to top rear edge. The DJ does display the publisher s price of $14.95.

Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. First American printing of the complete translation. Smells a bit musty, else very good in a very good, price clipped dust jacket.

BOOK IS FINE WITH A REMAINDER STAR ON THE BOTTOM EDGE OF TEXT BLOCK. D.J. HAS A SMALL NICK AND A SHORT TEAR ON THE REAR PANEL WITH A TRACE OF RUB AT THE TOP CORNERS. AN EXCELLENT COPY.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York. 1982. November 1982. Harper & Row. 1st Edition of This New Translation. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0060149876. Newly Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. 267 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Translated Eastern Europe World Literature. DESCRIPTION-All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after THE JOKE was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera ‘s work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence. The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of THE JOKE. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic. inventory #2745.