The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Softcover

Kundera, Milan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061686697 ISBN 13: 9780061686696

Publisher: Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover—these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. 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. Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our pristine actions but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine.

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Review:

'Read this book; here is a writer who really matters.' Malcolm Bradbury; 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a work of the boldest mastery, originality and richness.' Vanity Fair; 'A dark and brilliant achievement.' Ian McEwan.

Book Description:

One of the most important and affecting novels written in the twentieth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061686697
• ISBN 13: 9780061686696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 341