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Life Is Elsewhere (Czech: Život je jinde) is a Czech-language novel by Milan Kundera finished in 1969. It was first published in French in 1973 (La vie est ailleurs).Set in Czechoslovakia before, during, and after the Second World War, it tells the story of a young poet Jaromil and his mother who cling to each other as Jaromil tries to find artistic fame and advance the revolution at the ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Milan Kundera, Aaron Asher. Kundera initially intended to call this novel The Lyrical Age. The lyrical age, according to Kundera, is youth, and this novel, above all, is an epic of adolescence; an ironic epic that tenderly erodes sacrosanct values: childhood, motherhood, revolution, and even poetry. Jaromil is in fact a poet.
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Jul 25, 2000 · Life Is Elsewhere. Paperback – July 25, 2000. by Milan Kundera (Author), Aaron Asher (Author) "I will say no more about this lacerating book except to urge it upon all who care about literature in our difficult era." — Boston Globe. "A sly and merciless lampoon of revolutionary romanticism. . .
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Jun 27, 2023 · 'Life Is Elsewhere' returned me to this difficult position. The book focuses primarily on a young poet, Jaromil, and his changing relationships to society, art and women (particularly his mother). In the beginning he is a potential poet-prodigy bursting with talent and enthusiasm. This Jaromil I grew quite fond of.
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Life is Elsewhere is a novel by Czech writer Milan Kundera that explores themes of love, youth, and revolution through the eyes of a rebellious young poet. The novel spans his life from childhood to adulthood, and depicts his struggles with sexuality, politics, and identity.
Jul 1, 1986 · 'Life Is Elsewhere' returned me to this difficult position. The book focuses primarily on a young poet, Jaromil, and his changing relationships to society, art and women (particularly his mother). In the beginning he is a potential poet-prodigy bursting with talent and enthusiasm. This Jaromil I grew quite fond of.
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- Milan Kundera
Only then does the wry figure of Edward, discovered blessing himself (because he wants to be a believer) become funny. "Life is Elsewhere," Kundera's novel, revolves on a single political proposition: that in a society with strict rules a poet risks betraying his lyricism. In describing the life of Jaromil from the moment of conception to a ...
