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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Czech: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí) is a 1984 novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, a dog, and their lives in the 1968 Prague Spring period of Czechoslovak history.
- Milan Kundera
- 393 (French 1st edition)
- 1984
- 1984 (French translation), 1985 (original Czech)
Jan 1, 2001 · Milan Kundera, Michael Henry Heim (Translator), Richmond Hoxie (Reading) 4.11. 473,653 ratings25,709 reviews. 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.
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- Paperback
Feb 5, 1988 · A 1988 drama romance film based on Milan Kundera's novel, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche. It explores the themes of freedom, love, and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
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- Drama, Romance
- Philip Kaufman
- 1988-02-05
May 16, 2024 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being, novel by Milan Kundera, first published in 1984 in English and French translations. In 1985 the work was released in the original Czech, but it was banned in Czechoslovakia until 1989. Through the lives of four individuals, the novel explores the themes of lightness and weight.
Oct 27, 2009 · In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, acclaimed author Milan Kundera tells the story of two couples, 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.
Exploring sexual mores against the backdrop of real-life social upheaval, The Unbearable Lightness of Being artfully blends the political and the erotic. Successful surgeon Tomas (Daniel...
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- Philip Kaufman
- R
- Daniel Day-Lewis
Mar 11, 1984 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being. By Milan Kundera. March 11, 1984. Illustration by Charlotte Edey. LIGHTNESS AND WEIGHT. 1. The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one: to think that...
