A New York Times Notable BookIrena and Josef meet by chance while returning to their homeland, which they had abandoned twenty years earlier. Will they manage to pick up the thread of their strange love story, interrupted almost as soon as it began and then lost in the tides of history? The truth is that after such a long absence "their memories no longer match." Editorial Reviews Literary excellence ... [Kundera's] irony and wit are ...on target, his characters vivid and convincing. - Los Angeles Times Book Review Milan's Kundera's resonant new novel IGNORANCE ....[is] wonderfully nuanced .... affecting. - Michiko Kakutani An entertaining and thought-provoking work - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Kundera is and elegant writer ... He does a masterful job of reminding that the political is the personal. - Rocky Mountain News Elegant ... the emotional and intellectual payoff is extraordinary. - Time Out New York Precise and spare ...page by page this novel is dazzling. - Montreal Gazette Erudite and playful...An impassioned account of the emigre as a character on the stage of European history. - Maureen Howard Nothing short of masterful. - Newsweek A tour de force. - Atlanta Journal-Constitution Moving ... There is a painful injustice and inequality to memory, which these encounters beautifully illustrate. - Boston Globe Kundera once more delivers a seductive, intelligent entertainment ... [with] elegance and grace. - Washington Post Book World [A] beautifully written tale of desire and loss. - Newark Star Ledger Literary excellence ... [Kundera's] irony and wit are ...on target, his characters vivid and convincing. - Los Angeles Times Book Review A tour de force. - Atlanta Journal-Constitution