Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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In this novel - a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities - Milan Kundera addresses himself to the nature of twentieth-century 'Being' In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. We feel, says the novelist, 'the unbearable lightness of being' - not only as the consequence of our private acts but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine. Juxtaposing Prague, Geneva, Thailand and the United States, this masterly novel encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, and embraces, it seems, all aspects of human existence. It offers a wide range of brilliant and amusing philosophical speculations and it descants on a variety of styles. This novel is set in Czechoslovakia after the 1968 Soviet invasion. "Tomas is a respected Prague surgeon in his 30s and a compulsive womanizer. A business trip to the provinces brings him in contact with Tereza, who tends bar at a local hotel. It is love at first sight as far as she is concerned, and Tomas soon finds her ensconced in his Prague apartment. . . . His marriage to Tereza does not curb Tomas' appetite for other women. . . . Tomas and Tereza emigrate to Zurich, where he has been promised ... The Unbearable Lightness of Be - Faber and Faber - Jazyk: EN - Vazba: Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 312 str. - ISBN: 05-7120-083 " Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí" Milana Kundery v anglickém překladu