Czech Republic

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

by Milan Kundera

Summary

Two couples in Prague before and after the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion navigate love, freedom, betrayal, and the weight of political circumstances. Kundera's most internationally celebrated novel, exploring Nietzsche's concept of eternal recurrence.

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Milan Kundera

Czech-born novelist (1929–2023) who emigrated to France after the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. His novels combine philosophical meditation, erotic comedy, and political satire to explore identity, memory, and the weight of totalitarianism.

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Published
1984
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Milan Kundera