The Joke is Milan Kundera's first novel, written in 1967. In this work, novel and philosophy, ideas and fantasy, seriousness and frivolity are mixed with virtuoso art... It was with this piece that the writer’s European fame began. Louis Aragon called “The Joke” one of the best novels of the 20th century. Reading this novel by Kundera, you gradually realize: this is not about politics... not about ideology... and not even about love. He tells us a parable, and it weaves together everything that a man of our time could say about himself. A time that future generations will most likely remember only as a joke...