The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

40th anniversary edition

Paperback (03 Oct 2019)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A new edition of the seminal novel by a literary master, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first publication.

'One is torn between profound pleasure in the novel's execution and wonder at the pain that inspired it.' Ian McEwan

'A masterpiece.' Salman Rushdie

This book is a novel in the form of variations. The various parts follow each other like the various stages of a voyage, leading into the interior of a theme, the interior of a thought, the interior of a single, unique situation the understanding of which recedes from my sight into the distance. It is a book about laughter and forgetting, about forgetting and about Prague, about Prague and about the angels.

Book information

ISBN: 9780571357734
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Pub date:
Edition: 40th anniversary edition
DEWEY: 891.86354
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 312
Weight: 262g
Height: 193mm
Width: 123mm
Spine width: 21mm