To illuminate the most serious problems while not writing a single serious sentence, to be fascinated by the reality of today's world while avoiding all realism, this is the `Festival of Insignificance`. Anyone familiar with Kundera's previous books knows that it is not at all unexpected for him to incorporate an `unserious` piece into a novel. In several chapters of `Immortality`, Goethe and Hemingway walk together, chat, and have fun. And in `Slowness`, Vera, the author's wife, tells her husband: `You often told me that you want to write a novel someday where no word will be serious... I warn you: beware: your enemies are lurking`. But instead of being cautious, Kundera finally fulfills his old aesthetic vision in its entirety, in this novel that can also be seen as a marvelous summary of his entire work. Strange summary. Strange epilogue. Strange laughter, inspired by our era, which is comical because it has lost all sense of humor. What else can one say? Nothing. Read! [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]