by Milan Kundera · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140064704
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«Life Is Elsewhere» is Milan Kundera's satirical novel, published by Penguin in paperback (320 pages, in English).
A satire on revolutionary romanticism that follows Jaromil, a young Czech whom his mother turns into a poet. His yearning for greatness leads him to become a literary hero during a communist demonstration in 1948, while the novel portrays Czechoslovakia of the era and explores idealism, love and disillusionment.
Work originally published in Czech in 1973 as «Život je jinde»; this English edition, translated by Peter Kussi, includes a new introduction by the author.
For readers of European literary fiction and novels dealing with life under communism in Czechoslovakia.
Milan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
