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Casey
Jul 18, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: all-around-the-world, the-serious-lit, 1001-books, curmudgeon-canon
Great writers walk a fine line between connecting to their readers by telling them things they already know, and surprising them with ideas that they haven't thought before. Kundera is a master of making the readers thoughts feel somewhat alien, even as he makes novel thoughts feel like the reader's own.

The ideas in this book make me feel like Kundera has swan-dived into my brain and is now swimming around with my own assumptions about life. I'm sure he'll surface again, gracefully, and when I ...more
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Smarti
Jun 30, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: romaneab1900, 1001-books
One of the best books I have read... ever!
I can understand how some people would have to hate this book. It is dense-full of philosophy, which could be a turn-off but which I thoroughly enjoyed!
Plus, Kundera writes in the most wunderful prose and I have never read about such a heart-rendering death of a dog. I cried at the end, which must have meant that it was really, really good and worth every second!
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Michelle
Sep 15, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Sex, depression, philosophy and a dirty-old city. YUM.
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Kate
Sep 04, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Michaela
Sep 05, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Christi
Sep 18, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: fiction
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Oct 08, 2007 rated it liked it
Tony
Oct 25, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Massimiliano Mauriello
Nov 02, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, best-top-books, 2008
Jocelyn
Nov 10, 2007 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, 1001
Ph
Nov 12, 2007 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 1001, waterstone
Megan
Jan 08, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fiction
Virginia
Jan 20, 2008 marked it as 1001-books-to-go
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Nov 19, 2008 rated it it was amazing
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