false 56666013 55711 9720 0060932139 9780060932138 270 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9720.The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being_A_Novel 4.02 3007 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 private actions, but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine.

]]> 6343 3.92 61782 3941 1984 0 2009-05-19T16:18:39-07:00 777600 50 2009-05-19T16:18:39-07:00 4 0 false Tue May 19 15:52:43 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 15:52:43 -0700 2009 Ever wonder how people meet? It's one of the questions asked of couples. Usually the answer is in a bar. While this is a short summation that would suffice for an answer, it is elaborated upon by the author who seems to bring into question coi...more...]]>