"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