THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING PB B FORMAT

A cult figure. Guardian A dark and brilliant achievement. Ian McEwan Shamelessly clever … Exhilaratingly subversive and funny. Independent A modern classic … As relevant now as when it was first published. John Banville A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon; a man torn between his love for her and his womanising. His mistress, a free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals; while her other lover stands to lose everything because of his noble qualities. In a world where lives are shaped by choices and events, and everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance and weight – and we feel the unbearable lightness of being . The Unbearable Lightness of Being encompasses passion and philosophy, infidelity and ideas, the Prague Spring and modern America, political acts and private desires, comedy and tragedy – in fact, all of human existence. What readers are saying: Some books change your mind, some change your heart, the very best change your whole world … A mighty piece of work, that will shape your life forever. One of the best books I ve ever read … A book about love and life, full of surprises. Beautiful. This book is going to change your life … It definitely leaves you with a hangover after you re done reading. A must read – loved it, such beautiful observations on life, love and sexuality. Kundera writes about love as if in a trance so the beauty of it is enchanting and dreamy … Will stay with you forever. A beautiful novel that helps you understand life better … Loved it. One of those rare novels full of depth and insight into the human condition … Got me reading Camus and Sartre. One of the best books I have ever read … An intellectual love story if ever there was one.