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#  **Discover the work of Milan Kundera**

An interactive presentation on the work of the world-renowned author, which was created as education materials for the needs of the Milan Kundera Library. Since 1st April 2023, it has been housed in the Moravian Library.

 [Introductory video](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/video)

 [Overview of his works](#novels)

####  **Novels** 

#####  Do you want to find out more about Milan Kundera’s best-known novels? Select from those we have on offer. 

 [ ![Joke](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/01.zert/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "Joke") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/joke "Joke") 

 [ ![Laughable Loves](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/02.smesne-lasky/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "Laughable Loves") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/laughable-loves "Laughable Loves") 

 [ ![Life is elsewhere](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/03.zivot-je-jinde/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "Life is elsewhere") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/life-is-elsewhere "Life is elsewhere") 

 [ ![Farewell Waltz](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/04.valcik-na-rozloucenou/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "Farewell Waltz") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/farewell-waltz "Farewell Waltz") 

 [ ![The Book of Laughter and Forgetting](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/05.kniha-smichu/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/the-book-of-laughter-and-forgetting "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting") 

 [ ![The Unbearable Lightness of Being](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/06.nesnesitelna-lehkost-byti/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "The Unbearable Lightness of Being") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being "The Unbearable Lightness of Being") 

 [ ![Immortality](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/07.nesmrtelnost/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "Immortality") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/immortality "Immortality") 

 [ ![Slowness](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/08.pomalost/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "Slowness") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/slowness "Slowness") 

 [ ![Identity](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/09.totoznost/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "Identity") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/identity "Identity") 

 [ ![Ignorance](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/10.nevedeni/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "Ignorance") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/ignorance "Ignorance") 

 [ ![The Festival of Insignificance](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/sites/kundera/pages/02.dilo/11.slavnost-bezvyznamnosti/01._hero/hero.en.jpg "The Festival of Insignificance") ](https://kundera.knihovny.cz/en/work/the-festival-of-insignificance "The Festival of Insignificance") 

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