num_pages: 314
description: In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover. This magnificent novel juxtaposes geographically distant places, brilliant and playful reflections, and a variety of styles, to take its place as perhaps the major achievement of one of the world’s truly great writers.
language: English
title: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
titlecomplete: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
characters: Franz, Sabine, Tereza, Tomáš, Karenin
genres: Fiction, Czech Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Classics, Contemporary, Novels, Philosophy, Literature, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 508265
places: Czech Republic, Prague (Praha), Zurich, Switzerland
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Prix Aujourd'hui
publisher: Harper Perennial