Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Signed by Kundera, Philip Kaufman, Derek de Lint, and Jean-Claude Carri�re on pasted- and laid-in bookplates. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95), lightly rubbed at the edges, a few small chips at the bottom. Tan buckram with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Kundera's classic novel set in the the 1968 Prague Spring. Adapted into the 1988 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

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Title

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Publisher

Harper and Row, New York

Publication Date

1984

Language

English

ISBN 10

0060152583

ISBN 13

9780060152581

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

FIne

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Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Interweaves story and dream, past and present, and philosophy and poetry in the sardonic and erotic tale of two couples--Tomas and Teresa, and Sabina and her Swiss lover, Gerhart

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.

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