The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1984 Czech novel by Milan Kundera
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"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is a 1984 novel by Milan Kundera that explores the lives of interconnected characters grappling with love, meaning, and the weight of their choices. The book examines philosophical questions about whether our lives matter in a universe that may be indifferent, making it an influential meditation on how we find purpose despite life's fundamental uncertainties.
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- 1984-00-00
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- Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí
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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.
Though written in 1982, the novel was not published until two years later, in a French translation (as L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être). The same year, it was translated from Czech into English by Michael Henry Heim, and excerpts were published in The New Yorker.