by Milan Kundera · Faber and Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571135394
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a novel by Czech writer Milan Kundera, published in 1984. The work tells the story of two couples, Tomás and Teresa, and Sabina and Franz, exploring themes such as love, freedom, destiny, and the human condition in communist Czechoslovakia. Through its characters, Kundera reflects on the dichotomy between the weight of responsibility and the lightness of existence, inviting the reader to question the decisions that shape our lives.
Milan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
