Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts
Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts
Author: Milan Kundera
Desc: Jacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining "variation" on Diderot's novel Jacques le Fatalist written for Milan Kundera's "private pleasure" in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. When the "heavy Russian irrationality" fell on Czechoslovakia Milan Kundera explains he felt drawn to the spirit of the eighteenth century--"And it seemed to me that nowhere was it to be found more densely concentrated than in that banquet of intelligence humor and fantasy Jacques le Fataliste." The upshot was this "Homage to Diderot " which has now been performed throughout the United States and Europe. Here Jacques and His Master newly translated by Simon Callow is a text that will delight Kundera's admirers throughout the English-speaking world.