The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera - Book Review -

“The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. But in love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body.The heaviest of burdens is therefore simultaneously an image of life's most intense fulfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?”
“When we want to give expression to a dramatic situation in our lives, we tend to use metaphors of heaviness. We say that something has become a great burden to us. We either bear the burden or fail and go down with it, we struggle with it, win or lose. And Sabina - what had come over her? Nothing. She had left a man because she felt like leaving him. Had he persecuted her? Had he tried to take revenge on her? No. Her drama was a drama not of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden, but the unbearable lightness of being.”

[@ReadingwithTatiana]

great review. i also love sharing a bit about the author in my reviews. this book sounds interesting and i need to add it to my TBR. how do you feel it translates to english?

[@GeorgesLibraryBookReviews]

The translation was really good! The author's voice was very clear :) I'm glad to hear that you want to add it to your TBR. I will make sure to Subscribe and listen to your opinion on the book if you decide on reviewing it :) I do like sharing about the author when i find it relevant to the context of the novel.