89 Words followed by Prague, A Disappearing Poem by Milan Kundera #foliosociety unforgettable journey into the future

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from the first languages and cave paintings

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89 Words followed by Prague, A Disappearing Poem by Milan Kundera #foliosociety unforgettable journey into the futureAn invigorating pair of essays exploring exile, language and national identity from one of Europe's most celebrated literary stars, the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 89 Words, published in 1985, is an expanded version of the dictionary of sorts that readers encountered in The Art of the Novel, and comprises a fascinating and rigorous interrogation of what exile, life in another language, and the betrayals of translations entail. Prague,