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ProtrudedDemand  ·  3819 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are you reading now? Is it any good?

That sounds pretty interesting!

"Milan Kundera suggests that “the curtain” represents a ready-made perception of the world that each of us has—a pre-interpreted world. The job of the novelist, he argues, is to rip through the curtain and reveal what it hides"

I ordered it after reading that part in the Amazon bio. Can't wait until it comes!





humanodon  ·  3819 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Given your other post in this thread, about reading Virginia Woolf's works as you make your way through her diary (which is a really cool idea, in my opinion!) I have to say that after finishing the book last night, I wish that I had done that with The Curtain or at least had read more of the books Kundera references. I still feel that I understood what he was saying, but I think familiarity with the works he references would make it more powerful.