by Milan Kundera
One day, as Jean-Marc looks for Chantal, he briefly mistakes another woman for her. Upon closer inspection, he realizes that this other woman looks considerably older than Chantal. But once he does locate the real Chantal, he is struck by how her actual age is beginning to catch up with her. He i...
This is a story about multiple, or rather, varied identities -- the kind that wears masks to suit different settings and circumstances. The fluidity of such an identity is subject to perversion, in that it is shaped, more often than not, by how one wants to be perceived by others. This a somewhat vo...
3.5So far this is undoubtedly one of the strangest book I have ever read, with a rather peculiar cover and title! However reading this book was like watching an illusionary painting or a mirage may be. The story of two lovers Chantal and Jean-Marc appears to be lucid, simple but its rather bizarre a...
A bit too philosophical for my taste, but I might get back to it one day.
I first came across Mr. Kundera when I watched the movie - The Unbearable Lightness of Being. It was such a profound and moving movie for me I had to read another book of his. This one is another tormented story which is sad for me. I enjoyed it.
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