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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

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