La Fête de L'insignifiance
La Fête de l'insignifiance (The Festival of Insignificance) is Milan Kundera's last work of fiction, first published in Italian by Adelphi in 2013, before Gallimard issued the French original in April 2014. It follows a group of ageing male friends drifting through Paris.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First published
- Adelphi, 2013
- First UK edition
- Faber & Faber, 2015
La Fête de L'insignifiance by Milan Kundera was first published in 2013. We track 2 editions.
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- Editions recorded
- 16 on Open Library, 2 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 6 languages
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How many editions of La Fête de L'insignifiance are there?
We track 2 editions of La Fête de L'insignifiance. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
When was La Fête de L'insignifiance first published?
La Fête de L'insignifiance by Milan Kundera was first published in 2013.
Where these facts come from
- The Festival of Insignificance, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Milan Kundera, La festa dell'insignificanza, Panorama, 2013 (panorama.it)
- Meilleures ventes du 31 mars au 6 avril 2014, Livres Hebdo, 2014 (livreshebdo.fr)
- The Festival of Insignificance review, Irish Examiner, 2015 (irishexaminer.com)
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