內容簡介
內容簡介 故事架構在一段段失敗的愛情與報復上，作者Milan Kundera更藉此作為政治事物的暗喻。故事中提到人們容易陷入一種信念：相信記憶的持久性以及補救的可能性。而作者卻道出「不論何時何人所犯的錯誤，都將被遺忘，什麼也不會得到補救」的概念，意謂犯錯者不但不會補救錯誤，其他人也會隨著時間遺忘所有的謬誤。The first novel by author of modern classic The Unbearable Lightness of Being, of which Salman Rushdie wrote: 'It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties, comedy and wisdom of this very beautiful novel.'All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, more than a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Milan Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.
