“Erudite and playful...An impassioned account of the émigré as a character on the stage of European history.” — Maureen Howard, New York Times Book Review
“Milan’s Kundera’s resonant new novel IGNORANCE ….[is] wonderfully nuanced …. affecting.” — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
“Moving … There is a painful injustice and inequality to memory, which these encounters beautifully illustrate.” — Boston Globe
“Literary excellence … [Kundera’s] irony and wit are …on target, his characters vivid and convincing.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review
“By far his most successful [novel] since THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Kundera once more delivers a seductive, intelligent entertainment … [with] elegance and grace.” — Washington Post Book World
“Nothing short of masterful.” — Newsweek
“[A] beautifully written tale of desire and loss.” — Newark Star Ledger
“Elegant … the emotional and intellectual payoff is extraordinary.” — Time Out New York
“Precise and spare …page by page this novel is dazzling.” — Montreal Gazette
“Rendered with compassion and humor.” — Library Journal
“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
“A tour de force.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution