Life Is Elsewhere Av Milan Kundera

<p><b>Befriend a budding poet and his adoring mother in this seductive early novel - winner of the </b><b>Prix Médicis -</b><b> by the author of <i>The Unbearable Lightness of Being</i>.</b><br><br><b>''An artist, clearly one of the greatest to be found anywhere.'' </b>Salman Rushdie<br><br><b>''Kundera''s achievement has been to bring both private life and political life into one comic framework.'' </b>Ian McEwan<br><br>Young Jaromil knows he is special; in fact, he is a poet bestowed with literary genius, heir to Rimbaud. He knows this because his adoring mother told him so.<br><br>Adult Jaromil, still revelling in these truths, draws on his talents to find romance whilst making his mark on the world through both his poetry and advancing the Communist revolution.<br><br>Son, Poet, Lover. In which of these roles does Jaromil’s true existence lie?<br><br>A blazingly satirical reflection on the ''lyrical age'' of youthful innocence, this ironic epic of adolescence showcases Kundera''s savage yet tender wit at its finest.</p>