𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬: "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜" 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙆𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖 -

Kundera's near masterpiece is compelling story, hypnotic characters and interactions, a profound theme, and . . . something else more elusive still.

https://youtu.be/XmP6fIl-O5E

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Review: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera -

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮 -

After reading two of his essay collections, time at last to turn to some of his fiction. Already a terrific narrative peculiarity afoot . . .

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生命不可承受之轻当中Tomas跟他那些露水情缘的女人在一起都睡不着觉,哪怕是跟Sabina也没有在一起过夜。而Tereza则不一样,他感到Tereza是顺着河水漂来的蓝中的婴儿,他在Tereza身边就能睡着。
Tereza得到了浪子最特别的关注,是Tomas最特别的人。
但这不一定是真爱。Tereza比Tomas小很多,学历和社会地位也较低。她是小镇女招待,而他是布拉格的医生。这大概都使得Tomas在面对Tereza的时候感到“放松”。
Tereza不习惯在瑞士的生活,回到布拉格;Tomas也急不可耐的放弃了自由、优渥的生活,回布拉格找她。这也不一定就是真爱。也许只是Tomas不愿意放弃他唯一能掌控的人。
#TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing
#ambook
我记忆中很喜欢,却完全不记得讲了什么的,原来是#雅克和他的主人
而重读#不可承受之轻,令人深受触动的不是Tomas和Tereza,是Franz  
#RLW
#TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing

#Obituary for reclusive #Czech dissident novelist #MilanKundera whose heartbreaking philosophical masterwork on fidelity and politics #TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing
was published in English in 1984, became an unlikely #bestseller and later made into a film starring Daniel Day Lewis & Juliet Binoche

https://wapo.st/3QiwuX7

Milan Kundera, author of ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being,’ dies at 94

Czech-born novelist Milan Kundera mixed philosophical speculation with political critique and erotic reverie.

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Discovering Milan Kundera (1929-2023) in 1985 and giving “The Joke” to my father for Christmas

In summer 1985, I first read the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1984, translated by Michael Henry Heim), by Milan Kundera (1929-...