Published simultaneously with Identity, his new novel, here is a masterful new translation of Milan Kundera's most brilliantly plotted and sheerly entertaining novel -- a dark farce of sex, murder, and motherhood.Set in an Old-Fashioned Central European Spa Town, Farewell Waltz follows the lives of eight characters: a pretty nurse and her repairman boyfriend; an oddball gynecologist; a rich American who is at once a saint and a Don Juan; a popular trumpeter and his beautiful obsessively jealous wife; a disillusioned former ...
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Published simultaneously with Identity, his new novel, here is a masterful new translation of Milan Kundera's most brilliantly plotted and sheerly entertaining novel -- a dark farce of sex, murder, and motherhood.Set in an Old-Fashioned Central European Spa Town, Farewell Waltz follows the lives of eight characters: a pretty nurse and her repairman boyfriend; an oddball gynecologist; a rich American who is at once a saint and a Don Juan; a popular trumpeter and his beautiful obsessively jealous wife; a disillusioned former political prisoner about to leave his country and his young female ward. Perhaps the most accessible of Milan Kundera's novels, Farewell Waltz 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.Translated from the French text prepared by the author himself a quarter century after the novel was originally written, Farewell Waltz sparkles anew with wit, humor, and irony. A valuable addition to HarperFlamingo's impressive Kundera backlist, it offers readers a chance to discover, or rediscover, one of the very best works of a legendary writer."It is hard to imagine anything more chilling and profound that Kundera's apparent lightheartedness". -- Elizabeth Pochoda"Kundera ... remains faithful to this subtle, wily, devious talent for a fiction of 'erotic possibilities". -- New York Times Book Review
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Add this copy of The Farewell Party to cart. $34.50, very good condition, Sold by rarefirsts rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlotte Hall, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Random House Inc.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. Some staining, toning, and foxing to dust jacket and book covers and edges, not affecting text block. This collectible, " VERY GOOD" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy of this scarce book.
Add this copy of The Farewell Party (English and Czech Edition) to cart. $43.70, very good condition, Sold by AJA Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Venice, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Random House (NY).
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Stated First American Edition, first printing with no additional printings noted, in near fine / very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp, in like new condition, with no bent corners. Boards are solid, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Attractive book with minimal signs of use an unclipped dust jacket, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
Add this copy of The Farewell Party to cart. $57.00, good condition, Sold by Flip Your Wig rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cloverdale, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Random House.
Add this copy of The Farewell Party (English and Czech Edition) to cart. $52.70, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Random House.
Add this copy of The Farewell Party to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi. Slightly cocked spine and toning on the board edges thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning and creasing.
Add this copy of The Farewell Party (English and Czech Edition) to cart. $114.28, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Random House.
