The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1980 • 305 pages

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Average rating3.9

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Interweaves story and dream, past and present, and philosophy and poetry in a sardonic and erotic tale of two couples--Tomas and Teresa, and Sabina and her Swiss lover, Gerhart.

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Highly overrated.

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Oh yes, life is so poetic, Milan. Tereza was indeed wrong to hold Tomas' infedility against him—it is her fault that he was too scared to leave someone who loved him unconditionally and asked so little in return. Yuck.

July 13, 2019

Loved the beginning, but disliked the majority of this book.

March 27, 2012

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