An intellectual love story if ever there was one.We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come. Got me reading Camus and Sartre.' 'One of the best books I have ever read. Loved it.' 'One of those rare novels full of depth and insight into the human condition. Will stay with you forever.' 'A beautiful novel that helps you understand life better.
It definitely leaves you with a hangover after you're done reading.' 'A must read - loved it, such beautiful observations on life, love and sexuality.' 'Kundera writes about love as if in a trance so the beauty of it is enchanting and dreamy. Beautiful.' 'This book is going to change your life. A book about love and life, full of surprises. A mighty piece of work, that will shape your life forever.' 'One of the best books I've ever read. What readers are saying: 'Some books change your mind, some change your heart, the very best change your whole world. A masterpiece by one of the world's truly great writers, Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being encompasses passion and philosophy, infidelity and ideas, the Prague Spring and modern America, political acts and private desires, comedy and tragedy - and illuminates all aspects of human existence. In a world where lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and fortuitous events, and everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance and weight - and we feel 'the unbearable lightness of being'. His mistress, a free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals - while her other lover stands to lose everything because of his noble qualities.
' John Banville A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon - a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanising. As relevant now as when it was first published. Exhilaratingly subversive and funny.' Independent 'A modern classic. 'A cult figure.' Guardian 'A dark and brilliant achievement.' Ian McEwan 'Shamelessly clever.
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