The Unbearable Torment of Translation: Milan Kundera, Impersonation, and The Joke
Milan Kundera, a Czech émigré writer, living in Paris and now writing in French, is (in)famous for his tight and obsessive authorial control. He has said many times that he did not trust translators to translate his works accurately and faithfully. The various translations of his novel Žert (The Jok...
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Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta
2011-03-01
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| Series: | TranscUlturAl |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/tc/index.php/TC/article/view/10051 |