Milan Kundera

"Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead"

1 Explain the significance of the title to the themes of age and beauty.
2 Examine Kundera's use of sections and chronology. How has he used these and for what effect?
3 The narrator says, "There was no reason why she should give preference to memorials over life." Discuss the themes of memory and memorial.


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