Fred Misurella

Understanding Milan Kundera: Public Events, Private Affairs

This is must reading for any student of Milan Kundera's works and the history and philosophy behind them. It contains comments and a brief essay by Kundera himself.

Selected Works

Fiction

A Pontiac in the Woods

A young woman's rude, sometimes primitive narrative, in a novel that packs a surprising punch.

A Summer of Good-Byes

A complex, thoughtful novel about love, beauty, and sexual longing in the south of France.

Arrangement in Black and White (a novel)

She's white; he's black. But their conflicts are more than racial.

Lies to Live By (short stories)

The Red and the Black of Italian-Americana, these stories disect the essence of contemporary living. (With a link to one of the stories.)

Short Time (a novella)

Uncannily accurate about Vietnam, its soldiers, and their tragic return home.

Only Sons (a novel)

The story of three generations of Italian-American men and their women--mothers, wives, lovers.

"The Search for Giovanni"

A sample chapter from Only Sons (Link to the text).

Literary Criticism

Understanding Milan Kundera:
Public Events, Private Affairs

Detailed analysis and interpretation of Milan Kundera's works from The Joke through Immortality.

"A Clear Eye on Life: Renaissance Style in Primo Levi's Writing"

The lead essay in The Legacy of Primo Levi, edited by Stanislao G. Pugliese, published by Palgrave/Macmillan

Quick Links

Order on Line: A Pontiac in the Woods

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Order online: A Summer of Good-Byes

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Order online: Arrangement in Black and White

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A wonderful E-zine that printed one of the stories from Lies to Live By

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