Milan Kundera, Linda Asher (Translator), Linda Asher (Translator)
Kundera's newest novel is a reflection on the art of "the novel". If you haven't read anything by this author I suggest you start with The Unbearable Lightness of Being or Identity: A Novel. I was introduced to Kundera while studying abroad in Eastern Europe and he has been a favorite of mine for years.
Quotes from the novel:
"A magic curtain, woven of legends, hung before the world."
"Cervantes sent Don Quixote journeying and tore through the curtain. The world opened before the knight-errant in all the comical nakedness of its prose."
