The Unbearable Lightness of Being

L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être

* A bestseller with over 300 million copies sold worldwide
* The Greatest Novels of the 20th Century
* Milan Kundera's masterpiece, The Book of Life Choices, The Relativity of Lightness and Heaviness "If the first rehearsal of life is life itself, then what is the value of life?"
"Everything is experienced immediately, only once, and there is no preparation."
* Includes a custom Milan Kundera themed sticker
* Create your own unique personality. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, a collection of Milan Kundera's works, is a representative novel by Milan Kundera and a world-renowned super bestseller. The novel is based on the historical changes in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s and unfolds the story with the accidental and fateful love between Tomas and Theresa as the main line. It not only describes the emotional entanglements of several pairs of men and women, but also writes about the ups and downs of personal destiny in major changes of circumstances and the choices of individuals in moments of change. It is also a philosophical novel with rich layers and complex imagery. It begins with the mysterious question of the weight of human life under the delirium of eternal reincarnation. As the life trends, thoughts and ideas of the characters in the book are constantly interspersed, it proposes the relativity of the lightness and heaviness of life, and the spirit and the flesh.
The book is one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, and it firmly establishes Kundera as the world's greatest living writer.
—The Washington Times
His works have given me the conviction that humanity will survive, the world will survive, and that everything I believe in, seek, and long for in this world with all my heart will regain its human face.
I am grateful to him because on this tragic day, he has made me realize more strongly than ever that even death is powerless in the face of immortality."
——A hidden and brilliant masterpiece by French writer Louis Aragon.
I've only read The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Farewell Waltz by Ian McEwan, and I enjoyed them both. Unlike other Latin American and American writers... The satire in his novels is a bit like black humor, but not entirely, creating a unique flavor.
——Mo Yan

2022-04-30

上海译文出版社

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9787532789887