{"product_id":"farewell-waltz-paperback","title":"Farewell Waltz - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMilan Kundera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"After \u003cem\u003eFarewell Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e there cannot be any doubt. Kundera is a master of contemporary literature. This novel is both an an example of virtuosity and a descent into the human soul.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eL'Unite\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in an old-fashioned Central European spa town, \u003cem\u003e Farewell Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e poses the most serious questions with a blasphemous lightness that makes us see that the modern world has deprived us even of the right to tragedy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dark farce of a novel, eight characters are swept up in an accelerating dance: a pretty nurse and her repairman boyfriend; an oddball gynecologist; a rich American (at once saint and Don Juan); a popular trumpeter and his beautiful, obsessively jealous wife; and an disillusioned former political prisoner about to leave his country and his young woman ward. It is perhaps the most brilliantly plotted and sheer entertaining of Milan Kundera's novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in Bohemia in 1969-70, the book was first published (in 1976) in France under the title \u003cem\u003eLa valse aux adieux\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eFarewell Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e), and later in thirty-four other countries. This beautiful translation, made from the French text prepared by the novelist himself, fully reflects Kundera's own tone and intentions, and offers an opportunity for both the discovery and the rediscovery of one of the very best of a great writer's works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dark farce of a novel, set in an old-fashioned Central European spa town, eight characters are swept up in an accelerating dance: a pretty nurse and her repairman boyfriend; an oddball gynecologist; a rich American (at once saint and Don Juan); a popular trumpeter and his beautiful, obsessively jealous wife; an disillusioned former political prisoner about to leave his country and his young woman ward.Perhaps the most brilliantly plotted and sheer entertaining of Milan Kundera's novels, \u003cem\u003eFarewell Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e poses the most serious questions with a blasphemous lightness that makes us see that the modern world has deprived us even of the right to tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in Bohemia in 1969-70, this book was first published (in 1976) in France under the title \u003cem\u003eLa valse aux adieux\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eFarewell Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e), and later in thirty-four other countries. This beautiful new translation, made from the French text prepared by the novelist himself, fully reflects his own tone and intentions. As such it offers an opportunity for both the discovery and the rediscovery of one of the very best of a great writer's works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.03 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607933862136,"sku":"9780060997007","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/NEUwTXFEMGNKZ0VTTEFGN21wNHBDdz09.webp?v=1765223739","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/farewell-waltz-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}