The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

My thoughts on Milan Kundera's 1984 novel, 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.'
From the book blurb:
'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.'

[@roblockhart6104]

Great review. It's been a while since I've read this book and, for whatever random reason, was in search of a cliff notes refresher course. Mission accomplished! BTW, love your voice and accent. You're super cute as well. Subbed

[@yssimon9058]

I love Kundera's insight and beautiful imagination and words. I've read several books of Kundera and my top pick is Immortality. BTW I've painted a copy of Hopper's paining - which hang on the wall. So I can't resist to leave a comment here :)

[@aileenr.maglalang8017]

you're eloquent. i loved how you articulated your thoughts on this book. i was conflicted after i finished it and this vid helped me give form to some of the thoughts i had 😅 well done!

[@ethanclarke5637]

9:37 This is on point.

[@erisiabatto]

I've finished this book this morning over coffee and I am obsessed, I love the thorough review you have made :)

[@sashosom]

Indeed, one needs to be intelligent, insightful and definitely not superficial, to understand the book. It is not for everyone

[@davidpiegaro1243]

A friend recently asked me about a certain experience and if I was glad I did it. I said that I can't be sure bc I don't really know the other outcomes that alternate paths would lead to. She said this book discussed that. I enjoyed it a lot and found the discussion of Kitsch interesting.

[@shelleysheaves5416]

I think that life has the meaning which we assign to it and the fact that we only live once does not make our choices any less meaningful. On the contrary, life is meaningful because it is transitory not because it is permanent. If any of the characters in the book failed to make an impact on others it is because they failed to understand theselves and failed to communicate with others in a more precise way.

[@wendywalker6922]

Read Nietzche thoughts on,"The greatest weight should be placed on the thought of eternal recurrence", I think the author was countering Nietzche's philosophy on the subject.

[@ukaszbadura5670]

Great Review. It is indeed a very philosophical book. Very heavy read. It is more of an essay rather than a novel. The ending was very touching. I did not expect it.

[@mentos_kola]

Thank you, loved it!

[@billysia9106]

You’re amazing! Great review.

[@sahelnana]

Or how every thing is love, instead of separating sex from love. What general calls love is nothing but ownership and selfishness of owning a being. Thomas is pure love, a light like a candle and as light as a feather. He is able to see a special beauty in anything and that is the reason any woman can fall for him. He brings beauty and love out of ordinary being, and most of all he has respect (love) when with a woman and as in love with any as it is a love making each time not like what we mostly see even in the name of love. The second girl is the heavy being of a normal love. First girl is light and bright but not as light as Thomas who goes like the wind with what his heart says. Thomas even don’t understand why to be sorry when Theresa is upset. People offer bread to the needy with out feeling infidel what is wrong with offering good feelings to a needy. But my fav character is the first girl as I am a woman and can feel familiar with her. she takes care of saving and keeping the flame of love instead of owning a man.

[@ojasmehta]

Thank you! This is just what I was looking for!

[@HL-hr4ox]

Thank you for explaining how the narrative was written, was having trouble trying to explain the unique way it’s written.

[@elle_word]

Love the review, analysis, and channel!