Kundera, Milan — Ignorance: A Novel

Harper Perennial First edition, trade softcover. Published NY:Harper Perennial, 2003, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 195pp. Flattened crease on top corner of one page, else fine. A brilliant novel set in contemporary Prague, by one of the most distinguished writers of our time.A man and a woman meet by chance while returning to their homeland, which they had abandoned 20 years earlier when they chose to become exiles. Will they manage to pick up the thread of their strange love story, interrupted almost as soon as it began and then lost in the tides of history? The truth is that after such a long absence "their memories no longer match." We always believe that our memories coincide with those of the person we loved, that we experienced the same thing. But this is just an illusion. Only those who return after 20 years, like Ulysses returning to his native Ithaca, can be dazzled and astounded by observing the goddess of ignorance first-hand. Near Fine 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 208