The Unbearable Lightness of Being

A Novel

by Milan Kundera

On Sale: 10/27/2009

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

A Novel

by Milan Kundera

On Sale: 10/27/2009

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Los Angeles Times Book Award

About the Book

International Bestseller • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction

“Far more than a conventional novel. It is a meditation on life, on the erotic, on the nature of men and women and love . . . full of telling details, truths large and small, to which just about every reader will respond.” — People

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. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our pristine actions but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine.

This magnificent novel, now available in a beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition with French flaps and deckle edged paper, is a story of passion and politics, infidelity and ideas, and encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, illuminating all aspects of human existence.

Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780061148521
  • ISBN 10: 0061148520
  • Imprint: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
  • On Sale: 10/27/2009
  • Pages: 320
  • List Price:25.00 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Romance / General
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / Classics
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Literary
  • BISAC4 : FICTION / Psychological
  • BISAC5 : FICTION / Romance / Contemporary

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