{"product_id":"agness-final-afternoon-an-essay-on-the-work-of-milan-kundera-9780060005658","title":"Agnes's Final Afternoon: An Essay on the Work of Milan Kundera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgn s's Final Afternoon\u003c\/em\u003e imitates the protagonist of Milan Kundera's novel \u003cem\u003eImmortality\u003c\/em\u003e on the last afternoon of her life. Like all readers of fiction, Agn s steps out of the world of planned routes, responsibilities, and social self and gives herself up to the discovery of a new landscape, an experience that will transform her. Fran ois Ricard's essay enters into the writings of Milan Kundera in much the same way. The landscape he explores includes a chain of ten novels, composed between 1959 and 1999, and two books containing one of the most lucid reflections on the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francois Ricard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.70w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060005658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRicard, Francois:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrançois Ricard has been a professor of French literature at McGill University since 1971. His collection of essays on contemporary literature, La littérature contre elle-même, won the Governor General's Award in Canada. His writing about the work of Milan Kundera has been published in literary periodicals in the United States, France, Italy, and Canada. \u003cem\u003eAgnès's Final Afternoon, \u003c\/em\u003ealready published in France, will also appear in Great Britain, the Netherlands, and China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921773346931,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c8cac62c-b950-4435-9a72-1689a4dc0120.jpg?v=1647351431","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/agness-final-afternoon-an-essay-on-the-work-of-milan-kundera-9780060005658","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}