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I remember enjoying Kundera. I think I was different person in a different world. And besides this, this particular novel is definitely not his best. I don't care if the misogyny and lighthearted abortion talk is satire, a farce, a construct, a way to show the ridiculousness of attempting order over chaos, what have you. It's just too dark and gnarly and it feels awful to read.
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If Pfizer had read this book, Viagra wouldn't have been a small blue pill -- or then again, maybe it would have. Kundera creates a great cast of characters -- the artificially inseminating and drum banging fertility doctor, the crazy American and the philandering trumpeter.
Great comedy like this book captures the essence of the tragic -- and vice versa. ...more
Great comedy like this book captures the essence of the tragic -- and vice versa. ...more
Oct 08, 2009
Juliana Philippa
marked it as to-read
Apr 12, 2019
Gary Dale
marked it as to-read
