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Name: L'Ignorance
Rating: 3.5 (8 reviews)
Author: Milan Kundera

Irena and Josef are Czech exiles who had fled their homeland twenty years earlier. By chance they meet again while returning to Prague, the city that embodies their past and the sweeping changes of the Velvet Revolution. Their sudden reunion awakens a romance that had been abruptly cut short, prompting them to weave together the fragments of a love story lost amid historical upheaval. The novel explores the fragile threads of memory, the complexity of man‑woman relationships, and how exile and political change shape personal destiny.

First publish date: June 1, 2003

Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance

Authors: Milan Kundera

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