The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0060841958
ISBN-13: 9780060841959
In this thought-provoking, endlessly enlightening, and entertaining essay on the art of the novel, renowned author Milan Kundera suggests that "the curtain" represents a ready-made perception of the world that each of us has—a pre-interpreted world. The job of the novelist, he argues, is to rip through the curtain and reveal what it hides. Here an incomparable literary artist cleverly sketches out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilization. In doing so, he celebrates a prose form that possesses the unique ability to transcend national and language bo...