Scan barcode
A review by cardigan06
Encounter by Milan Kundera
3.0
though i did quite enjoy his musings on literature and particularly the essay on Frances Bacon (whose exhibition i'd just seen , so it really was lovely to read about him) the last couple of essays weren't as strong.His tirides against 'kitch' and how some people don't like Fellini's movies irritating . Excuse me ?? I was not aware you were some almighty judge of taste , Milan Kundera. People are allowed not to like stuff . Stop whining about the evolution of art . Let! People! Like! Stuff!
i think that unpleasant snobbiness is what gave the essay collection a-strange irony . Kundera was praising people who 'made' European Art , whether that's Fellini with filmmaking , or whomever else , bemoaning the elitist literary establishment who kept lists of 'fashionable musicians or composers ' and then does the exact same thing . Mocking newer art , which is he is allowed to do but presenting that idea as the objective truth is just arrogant.
i think that unpleasant snobbiness is what gave the essay collection a-strange irony . Kundera was praising people who 'made' European Art , whether that's Fellini with filmmaking , or whomever else , bemoaning the elitist literary establishment who kept lists of 'fashionable musicians or composers ' and then does the exact same thing . Mocking newer art , which is he is allowed to do but presenting that idea as the objective truth is just arrogant.