The nebulous Mr Kundera

The debate over the Czech writer Milan Kundera, who allegedly denounced the anti-communist activist Miroslav Dvorácek to the police in 1950, has increasingly been taken up in the Slovak press. In an interview with the liberal daily Sme Peter Třešňák, a journalist with the prestigious Prague weekly Respekt from which Kundera has demanded an apology, expresses surprise at the growing support for Kundera. "I find it surprising that the focus in this case has shifted in a different direction. I would have thought ... that it was time for some explanations. But no one is asking Mr Kundera such questions. So far his comments have been very vague. But no one is interested in his explanations. Our work, on the other hand, has been heavily criticised. This is testimony to the unbalanced relationship between Czech intellectuals and the past."

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