{"product_id":"the-festival-of-insignificance-9780062356901","title":"The Festival of Insignificance","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being, \u003c\/em\u003ean unexpected and enchanting novel--the culmination of his life's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasting light on the most serious of problems and at the same time saying not one serious sentence; being fascinated by the reality of the contemporary world and at the same time completely avoiding realism--that's \u003cem\u003eThe Festival of Insignificance\u003c\/em\u003e. Readers who know Milan Kundera's earlier books know that the wish to incorporate an element of the \"unserious\" in a novel is not at all unexpected of him. In \u003cem\u003eImmortality\u003c\/em\u003e, Goethe and Hemingway stroll through several chapters together talking and laughing. And in \u003cem\u003eSlowness\u003c\/em\u003e, Vera, the author's wife, says to her husband: \"you've often told me you meant to write a book one day that would have not a single serious word in it...I warn you: watch out. Your enemies are lying in wait.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, far from watching out, Kundera is finally and fully realizing his old aesthetic dream in this novel that we could easily view as a summation of his whole work. A strange sort of summation. Strange sort of epilogue. Strange sort of laughter, inspired by our time, which is comical because it has lost all sense of humor. What more can we say? Nothing. Just read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-578427\"\u003eMilan Kundera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062356901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062356909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669352091885,"sku":"9780062356901","price":14.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1ad7c767-7799-44d3-a931-1b87b815812a.jpg?v=1649474594","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-festival-of-insignificance-9780062356901","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}