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The Unbearable Lightness Of Being

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being

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Author

Milan Kundera / Милан Кундера

Dimension

129x198mm (5,1'x7,8')

ISBN

9780571135394

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Page Count

320

Publisher

Faber and Faber

Year of book publication

2000

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being

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. In this classic novel Kundera draws together the Czechoslovakia of the Prague Spring and the Russian invasion, the philosophy of Nietzsche, and the love affairs of a number of heartbreakingly familiar characters.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Milan Kundera - Милан Кундера

Publisher:Faber and Faber

Language:English

Publication Date:2000

Number of pages:320 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:129 mm / 5,1'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:245 g

ISBN:9780571135394

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