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"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" was the first grown-up Postmodern book I read in the 80's. Having been spoon-fed traditional fiction (which tells a story) and Modernism (which attempts to trace a person's psychology, often using stream-of-consciousness and rhetorical tricks) in high school of college lit classes, I was shocked at the newness.
I mean, Kundera's third-person narrator speaks directly to the audience. Sure, I had read some Tom Robbins by then, and Robbins' narrators often speak t ...more
I mean, Kundera's third-person narrator speaks directly to the audience. Sure, I had read some Tom Robbins by then, and Robbins' narrators often speak t ...more
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a novel written by the Czech writer Milan Kundera. It has multiple dimensions; from the political point of view it is written against the Soviet aggression of Czechoslovakia, on the philosophic point of view it is reply to Nietzsche's concept of the “eternal return” which says that the universe has been recurring ad infinitum.
The characters in the novel represents the philosophic and political perspective of the author. In other words author's world view con ...more
The characters in the novel represents the philosophic and political perspective of the author. In other words author's world view con ...more
a brilliant artistic achievement.
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