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Strange sort of laughter, inspired by our time, which is comical because it has lost all sense of humor. What more can we say? Just read. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more.

For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs. I don't consider myself the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I'm certainly not a spoon.

I think about things. I put human nature under a microscope. Sometimes to my own peril. And I write about it. But I think you will often find me quite humorous. Especially if you like sarcasm. Unless you're just blithely cruising through life, you'll notice there's a lot going on in this macrocosm of existence. This means there's a lot going on the microcosm of my brain. Not that there's anything "micro" about my brain. Anyway-here is a collection in which I share my thoughts, ruminations, suggestions, complaints and epiphanies where these "cosms" are concerned.

Wear a helmet. There is nothing unusual about the barrel-organ man who walks into private detective Louie Knight's office. Apart from the fact that he has lost his memory. And his monkey is a former astronaut. And he is carrying a suitcase that he is too terrified to open. And he wants a murder investigated.

The only thing unusual about the murder is that it took place a hundred years ago. A masterpiece by one of the world's truly great writers, Milan Kundera's 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 - and illuminates all aspects 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.

A book about love and life, full of surprises. It definitely leaves you with a hangover after you're done reading. Will stay with you forever. Loved it. Got me reading Camus and Sartre. An intellectual love story if ever there was one. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight.

Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our pristine actions but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine. Milan Kundera was born in Czechoslovakia, where he had a successful career as a university lecturer and author until the country was invaded by Soviet forces in following the Prague Spring. His books were banned by the Communist regime, and he moved to France in He has won a number of prestigious literary awards, including the Jerusalem Prize and the Czech State Literature Prize Find out everything you need to know about The Unbearable Lightness of Being in a fraction of the time!

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A crucial book for all those who might sometimes feel at war with themselves or their bodies, Unbearable Lightness is a story ce inspires hope and nourishes the spirit. I only wish there was more writing about her struggle with her sexuality as well. I also want to note that I actually knew very little about Portia de Rossi before roswi her on a few interviews and liking her there. I have forgotten when and why I bought this book when I pulled it from my book shelf to read yesterday.

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