The Art of the Novel

In "The Art of the Novel," the famous Milan Kundera appears in a new role for the Ukrainian reader: as the author of a non-fiction genre of literature. The book contains articles, essays, and interviews written between 1979 and 1985. Reflections on the novel are based on the principles of Edmund Husserl's phenomenological philosophy, according to which the human desire for progress and knowledge leads to the loss of one's own unique world.

Kundera outlines the crucial role of the novel in European history, which is to protect humanity from oblivion. For the writer, the novel is not just a genre or form of narrative, but a way of human existence.