The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Kundera's philosophical novel set against the backdrop of the 1968 Prague Spring explores the concepts of lightness and weight in human existence. Through the intertwined lives of four characters, it examines love, politics, kitsch, and the eternal return. The work meditates on the choices that define us and whether our lives have weight or are unbearably light.
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