Immortality[不朽]

TheFranco-CzechnovelistandcriticMilanKunderawasborninBrnoandhaslivedinFrance,hissecondhomeland,since1975.HeistheauthorofthenovelsTheJoke,FarewellWaltz,LifeIsElsewhere,TheBookofLaughterandForgetting,TheUnbearableLightnessofBeing,andImmortality,andtheshort-storycollectionLaughableLoves—alloriginallywritteninCzech.Hismostrecentnovels,Slowness,Identity,andIgnorance,aswellashisnonfictionworksTheArtoftheNovel,TestamentsBetrayed,TheCurtain,andEncounter,wereoriginallywritteninFrench.米兰·昆德拉:捷克小说家。1967年出版第一部长篇小说《玩笑》，获得巨大成功。曾多次获得国际文学奖，并多次被提名为诺贝尔文学奖的候选人。主要作品有《小说的艺术》、《不能承受的生命之轻》等。被《华盛顿邮报》誉为“欧美最杰出的和最为有趣的小说家之一”。