The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by:
Milan Kundera (author)
A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon, a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing. His mistress, a free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals—while her other lover, earnest, faithful, and good, stands to lose everything because of his noble...
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A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon, a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing. His mistress, a free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals—while her other lover, earnest, faithful, and good, stands to lose everything because of his noble qualities. In a world where lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and fortuitous events, and everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence we feel “the unbearable lightness of being.” A major achievement from one of the world’s truly great writers, Milan Kundera’s magnificent novel of passion and politics, infidelity and ideas, encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, illuminating all aspects of human existence.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061148521 (0061148520)
ASIN: 61148520
Publish date: October 24th 2009
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pages no: 314
Edition language: English
...aber das Buch wurde doch noch zu Ende gelesen. Nach nur vier Wochen. Und es lässt mich so gar nicht glücklich zurück. Noch nicht mal die gute glückliche Traurigkeit ist anwesend. Ich fühle mich nur ausgelaugt. Der Klappentext versprach mir noch ein intellektuelles Feuerwerk voller Sentimentalitä...
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is not everyone's read. For one, there is so much to follow on this book that the true nature of it is the topic that covers about love, infidelity, sexuality, obsession and lust. Its about two men, two women and a dog and how their lives are intertwine from one ano...
Guysguysguys!!! I just found my new favourite! I'm still astonished by the flow of sentences and the way he dissects his characters - with love that's not easy to find in modern literature. I recommend it to all my followers!
Milan Kundera ma w Polsce status kultowy. Kochamy go, bo udało mu się mówić o komunizmie i praskiej wiośnie w tak lekki, bezpretensjonalny sposób, na jaki nie było stać żadnego polskiego pisarza. W ogóle zazdrościmy Czechom dystansu do siebie, ale dobrze wiemy, że w Polsce by to nie przeszło – wyobr...