Jacques and his Master

<i>Jacques and His Master</i> is a deliciously witty and entertaining 'variation' on Diderot's novel <i>Jacques le fataliste</i>, written for Milan Kundera's 'private pleasure' in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. <br><br>When the 'heavy Russian irrationality' fell on Czechoslovakia he felt drawn to the spirit of the eighteenth century - 'And it seemed to me that nowhere was it to be found more densely concentrated than in that banquet of intelligence, humour and fantasy, <i>Jacques le Fataliste</i>'.<br><br>This translation by Simon Callow has delighted Kundera's admirers throughout the English-speaking world.