Talk:The Joke (novel)

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A Note on Quotations[edit]

It would only seem to make sense that all quotes of the text refer to the Aaron Asher translation (Harper Collins, 1982), which Kundera himself says (in the 1992 introduction to the translated text) is the canonical translation "To my readers, a promise: There will not be [another] English-language version of The Joke. I am, therefore, editing all quotations, unless there is reason for leaving them in another translation.

On another note, I will be working on cleaning up this article.

edit: forgot to sign CKnapp 20:52, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

did this clean up happen? i feel like there is too much of a readers analysis in this. i'd like to just get a synoptic entry, and not one that is going to read subtext. just me. 77.102.88.79 (talk) 00:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CCd amazon review?[edit]

Searching for a fragment of the text in the article lead me immediately to this page: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2E2MTD48EZLZ This article is a simple copy-paste of a review on amazon. I think it should be made clear that these are the views of *some* particular person, and therefore not universally accepted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.41.96.99 (talk) 20:35, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:The Joke (novel)/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Just a small note: when Ludvik writes "the joke" on the postcard it isn't in a playful mood. He's actually angry and writes it not as a playful joke but as a way of showing he "doesn't care" since the girl (whose name escapes me at the moment) is so happy while he feels pain. He misses her. He is being self-centered which is important. --jenlight 21:59, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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