Where is Central Europe now?

Russia's war on Ukraine revives a debate kick-started by Milan Kundera 40 years ago

Jun 23, 2024

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The 2023 reissue of Kundera’s famous essay.

Nine Central Europes in Search of an Other

One of the most influential political interventions made by a novelist in our time, Milan Kundera’s essay on Central Europe, appeared four decades ago. The fact that it was republished in book form last year speaks …

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