{"product_id":"farewell-party","title":"Farewell Party","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this dark farce of a novel, set in an old-fashioned Central Euroepean spa town, eight characters are swept up in an accelerating dance: a pretty nurse \u0026amp; her repairman boyfriend; an oddball gynecologist; a rich American (at once saint \u0026amp; Don Juan); a popular trumpeter \u0026amp; his beautiful, obsessively jealous wife; an unillusioned former political prisoner about to leave his country \u0026amp; his young woman ward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most brilliantly plotted \u0026amp; sheerly entertaining of Milan Kundera's novels, Farewell Waltz poses the most serious questions with a blasphemous lightness that makes us see that the modern world has deprived us even of the right to tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in Bohemia in 1969-70, this book was first published in 1976 in France under the title La valse aux adieux (Farewell Waltz), \u0026amp; later in thirty-four other countries. This beautiful new translation, made from the French text prepared by the novelist himself, fully reflects his own tone \u0026amp; intentions. As such it offers an opportunity for both the discovery \u0026amp; the rediscovery of one of the very best of a great writer's works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66806580543533,"sku":"0140066284","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0001\/8989\/files\/9780140066289.jpg?v=1780383986","url":"https:\/\/shop.redflag.org.au\/products\/farewell-party","provider":"Red Flag Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}