first edition
1984 · New York
by Kundera, Milan
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984. First American edition. Near Fine/Fine. Kundera's compelling portrait of artistic life in Prague and the impact of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. A Near Fine copy of the book, clean and sharp, with just a bit of faint spotting to top edge of closed textblock and spotting to top margin of a couple pages. In a Fine dust jacket, not price-clipped.
Translated from Czech by Michael Henry Heim. This edition follows the French edition published earlier in 1984, but actually predates the first published Czech edition, which was published in Toronto in 1985. A film adaptation directed by David Kaufman and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche was released in 1988. The film was nominated for two Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography, and ranked eighty-seventh on the AFI list of the hundred best love stories in American cinema. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. (Inventory #: 6733)
Translated from Czech by Michael Henry Heim. This edition follows the French edition published earlier in 1984, but actually predates the first published Czech edition, which was published in Toronto in 1985. A film adaptation directed by David Kaufman and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche was released in 1988. The film was nominated for two Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography, and ranked eighty-seventh on the AFI list of the hundred best love stories in American cinema. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. (Inventory #: 6733)
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