false 9717 80 <p> A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover -- these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our pristine actions but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine. </p> 4489585 book 1984 The Unbearable Lightness of Being total:31632|5:12224|4:10797|3:6027|2:1892|1:692| 31632 126865 43087 2383 3 25 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 07:35:11 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 05:20:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 26 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Jun 16 10:39:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 10:43:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 16 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 12:21:44 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 11:33:20 -0800 2009 Unbearable Lightness and me. After turning the page on the incredibly heart-wrenching last chapter, I needed to begin it anew so that I could savor those doughnuts of w...more...]]> 5 26 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 17 16:39:42 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 01 13:52:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 13 false false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Fri Sep 14 23:19:52 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 23:19:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 10 false false Sun Jul 13 15:42:16 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 15:50:15 -0700 2008 superior I sounded. Honestly, Kunde...more...]]> 5 8 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 12 14:43:40 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 22 20:19:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 5 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 19:16:34 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:57:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 5 false false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 06:31:54 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 07:21:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 5 false false Sun Jan 06 10:20:14 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 08:52:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 4 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 13 11:02:45 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 11:49:46 -0700 2007
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It started off incredibly strong and I found myself dog-earing several pages. It is a great mix of ideas and philosophy, stances on the human condition, insights into the natur...more...]]>