Understanding Milan Kundera: Public Events, Private Affairs (Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature)

Ch. 1. Introduction: An Approach To The Novels And Their Forms -- Ch. 2. Human Possibilities: Kafka, Diderot, And The World Of Jacques And His Master -- Ch. 3. A Different World: The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting -- Ch. 4. An Old World In The New: The Joke -- Ch. 5. Poet, Traitor, Mama's Boy, Spy: Life Is Elsewhere -- Ch. 6. Man's Faith, Earth's Fate: The Farewell Party -- Ch. 7. Longing For Paradise: The Unbearable Lightness Of Being -- Ch. 8. The Possibilities Of Human Existence: Immortality -- Ch. 9. Amid Chaos, The Survival Of Form: Laughable Loves -- Ch. 10. Conclusion: The Art Of The Novel. Fred Misurella. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 201-206) And Index.