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KUNDERA, Milan (1929-2023)

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ID 1173153
Lot 108 | KUNDERA, Milan (1929-2023)
KUNDERA, Milan (1929-2023)
L’Insoutenable légèreté de l’être. Paris : Gallimard-NRF, 1984.
Impeccable exemplaire de tête de l’édition originale, dans sa condition originelle : broché, non coupé.
Si la capitale tchèque est le théâtre du cinquième roman de Kundera, la première édition tchèque ne parut qu’une une vingtaine d’années après l’édition originale publiée en français – en dehors de la version tchèque éditée en 1985 à Toronto. Jiri Srstka, l’agent littéraire de l’auteur, explique ce surprenant délai par la perte d’une partie du manuscrit. Nul doute que la situation politique en Tchécoslovaquie et les relations complexes entre Kundera et sa terre natale, où son œuvre a longtemps été censurée, ont contribué à différer cette publication. « Il a fallu reconstruire le manuscrit, ­partiellement perdu, puis le comparer avec la traduction française, dans laquelle j'ai introduit de petits changements pendant vingt ans » écrit l’auteur en postface de l’édition tchèque, indiquant le travail continu de réécriture et de traduction simultanées de ses textes. Stéphane Kovacs, « Kundera enfin en son pays », Le Figaro, 30 novembre 2006.

In-8 (215 x 145 mm), broché, non coupé. Un des 23 exemplaires sur vélin d’Arches Arjomari-Prioux, seul grand papier, celui-ci le n°10. Chemise et étui de Thérèse Treille.
Provenance : Sotheby’s Paris, 24 juin 2003, bibliothèque JMB, lot n°134.

Impeccable deluxe copy (one of 23) of the first edition.
Place of origin:Czech Republic
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