The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
by Kundera, Milan
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), by Milan Kundera, is a philosophic novel about a man and his two women and their lives in the Prague Spring of the Czechoslovak Communist period in 1968. Although written in 1982, the novel was not published until two years later, in France; the Czech: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí and French: l'Insoutenable légèreté de l'être titles are the more common worldwide.
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Paperback / softback. New. In this novel - a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities - Milan Kundera addresses himself to the nature of twentieth-century 'Being' 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. Item Price
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New York: Harper and Row, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/FIne. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Signed by Kundera, Philip Kaufman, Derek de Lint, and Jean-Claude Carrière on pasted- and laid-in bookplates. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95), lightly rubbed at the edges, a few small chips at the bottom. Tan buckram with black… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984. First edition of Kundera's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter Milan Kundera." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Rare signed and inscribed. When "The Unbearable Lightness of… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Faber & Faber, 1984. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First printing, UK edition. 8vo, hardcover, dustjacket. Bright, unworn, very tight fresh text with no real flaws. No names, no wear, no soiling. Dj is not clipped, no wear, no tears, not faded, very minor crease near head of spine, barely noticeable. A superb example of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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SIGNED EASTON PRESS LEATHERBOUND TRILOGY. Includes ironclad Certificate of Authenticity from Easton. Includes Unbearable Lightness which is signed, Book of Laughter and Forgettting (not signed) and Festival of Insignificance (not signed). Brand new condition; these books are breathtaking. Expedited shipping is welcome; international buyers please request a shipping quote prior to purchase. Signed by author. Item Price
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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New York: Harper & Row, 1984. First printing. Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound cream cloth spine and black boards, black spine titles, gray endpapers, pictorial dust jacket, 314 pp. Very good book; very good dust jacket, spine chipped and creased, cover tear, flaps worn. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Item Price
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