The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Brilliant . . . A work of high modernist playfulness and deep pathos."  ---- Janet Malcolm,New York Review of Books"Kundera has raised the novel of ideas to a new level of dreamlike lyricism and emotional intensity."  ---- Jim Miller,Newsweek"Kundera is a virtuoso . . . A work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness." ----  Elizabeth Hardwick,Vanity Fair"Brilliant...A work of high modernist playfulness and deep pathos." --Janet Malcolm,New York Review of Books"Kundera has raised the novel of ideas to a new level of dreamlike lyricism and emotional intensity." --Jin Miller,Newsweek"Kundera is a virtuoso...A work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness." --Elizabeth Hardwick,Vanity Fair