NMLP P-021948 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Art of the Novel

Milan Kundera · Grove Press (US) · 1988

First English-language edition of the essay collection L'art du roman (Gallimard, 1986). A Harper & Row Perennial paperback (Grove-licensed Perennial trade paper) also appeared in 1988; the Grove Press hardcover is the true first English-language edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021948 for "The Art of the Novel" by Milan Kundera (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021948, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).