In 1975, Kundera moved to France where The Book of Laughter and Forgetting was published in 1979.[13] An unusual mixture of novel, short story collection, and authorial musings which came to characterize his works in exile, the book dealt with how Czechs opposed the Communist regime in various ways. Critics noted that the Czechoslovakia Kundera portrays "is, thanks to the latest political redefinitions, no longer precisely there," which is the "kind of disappearance and reappearance" Kundera ironically explores in the book.[34]
Terkadang dalam membuat tugas atau karya tulis, kita seringkali dibatasi oleh jumlah halaman atau lembar yang ditentukan. Salah satu pertanyaan yang sering muncul adalah “500 kata berapa lembar ya?”. Hal ini wajar saja terjadi, karena seringkali kita tidak mengetahui berapa banyak lembar yang dibutuhkan dalam menuliskan sejumlah kata yang telah ditentukan.