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All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier... Read Full Overview

Ludvik Jahn, joven estudiante universitario y activo miembro del Partido Comunista checo, env a a una compa era de clase una postal en la que se burla del optimismo ideol gico imperante. Lo denuncian y es expulsado de la universidad y del partido, y al caer en desgracia se abre... Read Full Overview

All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier... Read Full Overview

All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier... Read Full Overview

Ludvik Jahn, joven estudiante universitario y activo miembro del Partido Comunista checo, env a a una compa era de clase una postal en la que se burla del optimismo ideol gico imperante. La broma no les hace la menor gracia a los dirigentes universitarios y, tras un juicio sumario,... Read Full Overview