The meaning did not precede the dream; the dream preceded t… - Milan Kundera

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The meaning did not precede the dream; the dream preceded the meaning. So the way to read the tale is to let the imagination carry one along. Not, above all, as a rebus to be decoded.

Milan Kundera

The Art of the Novel · April 1, 2003 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Milan Kundera (1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Franco-Czech novelist born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).

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