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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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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Book review: Milan Kundera's *The Unbearable Lightness of Being*
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera Harper Perennial Paperback 352 pages September 2008 A modern literary classic first published in 1984, Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being follows the lives of four people living in 1960’s ... (read full critics)
curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010
22 Reviews
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4 people find this helpful




"If every second of our lives recurs an infinite number of times, we are nailed to eternity as Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross. It is a terrifying prospect. In the world of eternal return the weight of unbearable responsibliy lies heavy on every move we make. That is why Nietzsche called the id ... (continue)
Vivian said on Jul 14, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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a.sh.le.y said on Dec 6, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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This was one of the best books I read all year. It completely won me over by the end. It had everything, sex, relationships, communism and pets. I loved the way that analysing the world and people was woven into a story. It reminded me of the type of books that Wells’ wrote at the turn of the centu ... (continue)
Robot-mel said on Jan 4, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Highly Recommend!
In fact, I haven't finished this one yet (still sparing more time to read it), but I'd seen the movie already. I love the way how the author tell his (?) philosophy about life. I don't know how to describe this kind of feelings, but I just LOVE it, anyway. In short, THIS is a GREAT novel in my opini ... (continue)
TSAI said on Sep 5, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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A Good Account
A great story set behind the Iron Curtain, with the uprising in Czechoslovakia as an early backdrop. Within this, the personal relationships of primary and secondary characters are skillfully unwound. Yes, I tired of it a little at times, but glad I kept with it to the end and I think it deserves re ... (continue)
mrpeterryan said on Jan 11, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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incidental reader said on Nov 15, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
Book Details
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- English Books
- Audio Cassette
- ISBN-10: 5557085017
- ISBN-13: 9785557085014
- Publisher: Books On Tape
- Pub date: Jan 01, 1984
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, School & Library Binding and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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Light but sound
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, translated by Michael Henry Heim 314pp, Faber, £7.99 Returning after 20 years to what is acknowledged as a modern classic, I was struck by how little I remembered. As I began re-reading The Unbearab ... (read full critics)