The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Canongate Books Ltd. A stranger will greet you

A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside

Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep

Pope Francis's emphasis on pastoral compassion for all who struggle with the burden of family life has also provoked the ire of traditionalists in the Roman Curia and elsewhere

Then one day a noisy bird came to rest on the rock—and began to annoy the rock with its endless chatter

As Leia comes to grips with her loss

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Canongate Books Ltd. A stranger will greet youRich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970's. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than just its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed and experienced.