In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover. This magnificent novel juxtaposes geographically distant places; brilliant and playful reflections; and a variety of styles to take its place as perhaps the major achievement of one of the world’s truly great writers.
“Brilliant . . . A work of high modernist playfulness and deep pathos.” — — Janet Malcolm, New York Review of Books
“Kundera has raised the novel of ideas to a new level of dreamlike lyricism and emotional intensity.” — — Jim Miller, Newsweek
“Kundera is a virtuoso . . . A work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness.” — — Elizabeth Hardwick, Vanity Fair
“Brilliant…A work of high modernist playfulness and deep pathos.” — Janet Malcolm, New York Review of Books
“Kundera has raised the novel of ideas to a new level of dreamlike lyricism and emotional intensity.” — Jin Miller, Newsweek
“Kundera is a virtuoso…A work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness.” — Elizabeth Hardwick, Vanity Fair
