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The Apologizer
Milan Kundera's "The Apologizer," translated from the French by Linda Asher, was originally published in the May 4, 2015 issue of The New Yorker.
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Published May 4, 2015
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Milan Kundera
153 books19.3k followersMilan Kundera (1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Czech and French novelist. He 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 His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
Kundera wrote in Czech and French. He revises the French translations of all his books; people therefore consider these original works as not translations. He is best known for his novels, including The Joke (1967), The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), all of which exhibit his extreme though often comical skepticism.
Kundera wrote in Czech and French. He revises the French translations of all his books; people therefore consider these original works as not translations. He is best known for his novels, including The Joke (1967), The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), all of which exhibit his extreme though often comical skepticism.
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July 13, 2023
That was a wierd story. Freudian? Perhaps. It is a sort of meditation or navel gazing (literally) by Alain who labels himself as an apologizer thanks to the guilt he carries both of his mom and dad of his birth. He is enraged by it. In due course he reconciles with it and even professes apologizing to each other as a good trait that brings about better relationships.
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