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Unbearable Lightness of Being

By Milan Kundera

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| Paperback | 9780060912529

Book Description

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 Continue

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Finally I read it too. After having had a few copies available. I enjoyed the first pages more than the rest. It was missing something... maybe some heaviness.

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― incidental reader said on Nov 15, 2009 | Add your feedback

- Elegant storytelling and beautiful writing.
- Loved the allusions to Beethoven.
- Especially intrigued by the contrast of the characters in light (ha!) of their desire for "lightness" and "weight"
Just all around a wonderful book.

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Book Details

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Paperback
ISBN-10: 0060912529
ISBN-13: 9780060912529
Publisher: HarperCollins Publisher
Pub date: Jun 01, 1985
Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding and Others
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