Lachwekkende liefdes (1969)

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> Milan Kundera : Risibles amours (Gallimard).
Se reporter au compte rendu de Antoine Gallien
In: Revue Esprit Nouvelle série, No. 403 (5) (MAI 1971), pp. 1112-1115… ; (en ligne),
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Amazing insight into human nature. The story about the two hitchhikers is amazing. ( )

Tal vez por haber sido escritas en el periodo (entre 1959, y 1968) más feliz de la vida de Milan Kundera, según sus propias palabras, estas narraciones son las más alegres, las más seriamente desvergonzadas y las más reflexivamente divertidas de su obra. La farándula de personajes hedonistas que desfila aquí ante nosotros en busca de los juegos múltiples y contradictorios de la amistad, el amor y el sexo no puede sino incitar a la risa, atrapados como están en el mundo loco de severidad, hermetismo e inquisición que les rodea. Una risa auténtica, traviesa ; un humor sabio, sagaz y gozador, al que ya nos tiene acostumbrados el autor de La insoportable levedad del ser.

One story revolved around a young professor who loves to play mind-games with people he deems inferior. After putting off reviewing the work of an aspiring (and hopeless) scholar, he loses the young woman he was involved with, directly after realizing he loved her.
There is also the story of a couple who play a role-playing game which initially excites them but then later scares one and repulses the other.
'Let the Old Dead make way for The Young Dead' is about a woman who visits her husband's grave in a cemetery only to find out that it has been removed in the favor of another grave that of a man who had died 'more recently.' This impacts upon her life as a person and is a major factor when she goes to visit a former lover.
Two stories include the character Dr. Havel. The first of which is set in the hospital with several other doctors and a nurse. Dr. Havel is known for his multitudes of sexual exploits, and the nurse is interested in him, but he rejects her. The second story takes place ten years later, when Dr. Havel feels less powerful and attractive, yet is reminded of his attractiveness by his young, beautiful wife.
There is the story of two middle-age men who flirt with many girls and proposition them. One of the men is married to a women he loves, and the other would rather read a book.
The final story is "Eduard and God", where a young man called Eduard has a religious girlfriend but he personally has to stay away from religion because of his job in a school. It makes for difficult times for him when he is seen with his girlfriend at a church.