{"product_id":"9780061894435","title":"Encounter : Essays","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eEncounter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Milan Kundera\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Cultivated, worldly, charming and spirited…Kundera’s values are sane and humane; his impulses generous; his taste, overall, unimpeachable.” - Phillip Lopate, \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEncounter \u003c\/em\u003eis the latest addition to the acclaimed body of literary criticism from beloved author Milan Kundera (\u003cem\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting\u003c\/em\u003e). Novelist Russell Banks writes, “Not since Henry James, perhaps, has a fiction writer examined the process of writing with such insight, authority, and range of reference and allusion.” In \u003cem\u003eEncounter\u003c\/em\u003e, Kundera brilliantly reflects on some of his signature themes and old loves (Rabelais, Fellini, Janacek, Malaparte), on literature, on morality, and on the transformation of civilization as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Cultivated, worldly, charming and spirited…Kundera’s values are sane and humane; his impulses generous; his taste, overall, unimpeachable.”\u003cbr\u003e“I can’t imagine reading this book without being challenged and instructed, amused, amazed and aroused, and ultimately delighted.”\u003cbr\u003e“A commanding, compelling collection. . . . Kundera’s essays express enduring aesthetic loyalties and provide unexpected aesthetic sparks that remind readers of a fuller range of authentic thought and feeling.”\u003cbr\u003e“Compelling essays.”\u003cbr\u003e“Deeply personal and warmly inviting…\u003cem\u003eEncounter\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a call to arms for a culture on the verge of losing its artistic credibility.”\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkable collection that showcases the author’s diverse interests and sparkling talent…Kundera looks at the way exile and estrangement impact upon art and creation.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061894435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41045371814094,"sku":"9780061894435","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061894435_0753805d-04ca-448a-89f4-0d836cbb7e68.jpg?v=1652116345","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061894435","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}