NMLP P-021975 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Joke

Milan Kundera · Coward-McCann (US) / Macdonald (UK) · 1969

First edition in English of Žert (Prague, 1967). Because the 1969 text is abridged and disowned by the author, collectors distinguish it sharply from the later authorized retranslations.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021975 for "The Joke" by Milan Kundera (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021975, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).