{"product_id":"identity-9780060930318","title":"Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Kundera, master of the twosome, finds erotic and existential threads everywhere in daily behavior. Like his previous books, \u003cem\u003eIdentity\u003c\/em\u003e is a cluster of jeweled observations. . . . But\u003cem\u003e Identity \u003c\/em\u003ehas a special charm: suspense. . . . [It] gets us turning the pages in excitement and alarm, and Kundera's wit keeps us turning them to the very end.\" -- \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a narrative as intense as it is brief, a moment of confusion sets in motion a complex chain of events which forces the reader to cross and recross the divide between fantasy and reality.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes--perhaps only for an instant--we fail to recognize a companion; for a moment their identity ceases to exist, and thus we come to doubt our own. The effect is at its most acute in a couple, where our existence is given meaning by our perception of a lover, and theirs of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his astonishing skill at building on and out from the significant moment, Milan Kundera has placed such a situation and the resulting wave of panic at the core of this novel. Hailed as a \"a fervent and compelling romance, a moving fable about the anxieties of love and separateness\" (Baltimore Sun), it is not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milan Kundera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.35w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060930318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/29\/1999 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKundera, Milan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThe Franco-Czech novelist Milan Kundera (1929-2023) was born in Brno and lived in France, his second homeland, since 1975 until his death. He is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Joke\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLife Is Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFarewell Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eImmortality\u003c\/em\u003e, and the short story collection \u003cem\u003eLaughable Loves\u003c\/em\u003e--all originally in Czech. His more recent novels, \u003cem\u003eSlowness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIdentity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIgnorance\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Festival of Insignificance\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as his nonfiction works, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Novel, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTestaments Betrayed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Curtain\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEncounter\u003c\/em\u003e, were originally written in French.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Milan Kundera \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47674843562141,"sku":"9780060930318","price":38.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e328f37e-8268-4599-ba58-db308e5f7ebe.jpg?v=1771914128","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/identity-9780060930318","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}