The Joke Summary
Milan Kundera

The Joke Summary

The Joke is a novel by Milan Kundera that is about a man named Ludvik Jahn and his life until the age of 37. The novel covers the events in his life from various perspectives roughly from the time of his adolescence until the time he is 37, but does not follow a linear pattern. Instead, the novel concentrates on how Jahn's actions influence others and affect those individuals that come in contact...

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