An edition of Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí (1984)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

A Novel (Perennial Classics)

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An edition of Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí (1984)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

A Novel (Perennial Classics)

  • 4.1 (86 ratings)
  • 410 Want to read
  • 21 Currently reading
  • 111 Have read

A young woman obsessed with a man torn between his love for her and his womanizing; one of his mistresses and her faithful lover--these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel.

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English
Pages
320

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Cover of: Insuportabila uşurătate a fiinţei
Insuportabila uşurătate a fiinţei
2013, Humanitas
in Romanian
Cover of: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel
October 27, 2009, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Paperback
Cover of: La insoportable levedad del ser
La insoportable levedad del ser
2008, Tusquets
Paperback in Spanish - 29a ed.
Cover of: Die unertra˜gliche Leichtigkeit des Seins
Die unertra˜gliche Leichtigkeit des Seins
2004, Su˜ddt. Zeitung
in German
Cover of: Sheng ming zhong bu neng cheng shou zhi qing
Sheng ming zhong bu neng cheng shou zhi qing: Nesnesitelna lehkost byti
2004, Huang guan wen hua chu ban you xian gong si
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: 不能承受的生命之轻
不能承受的生命之轻: L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être
2003, 上海译文出版社
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'essere
L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'essere
2002, Gruppo editoriale L'Espresso
in Italian
Cover of: Nevynosimai Ła legkost £ bytii Ła
Nevynosimai Ła legkost £ bytii Ła: roman
2000, Amfora
in Russian
Cover of: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
May 1, 1999, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, HarperPerennial
in English
Cover of: 生命中不能承受之轻
生命中不能承受之轻
1999, 敦煌文艺出版社
in Chinese
Cover of: The unbearable lightness of being
The unbearable lightness of being
1985, Harper & Row
in English - 1st Harper Colophon ed.

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First Sentence

"The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one, and Nietzsche has often perplexed other philosophers with it: to think that everything recurs as we once experienced it, and that the recurrence itself recurs as infinitum!"

Classifications

Library of Congress
, PG5039.21.U6 N413 1999

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7285084M
ISBN 10
0060932139
ISBN 13
9780060932138
OCLC/WorldCat
41093321
LibraryThing
5068
Wikidata
Q50326783
Goodreads
9720

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL8972751W

Work Description

Interweaves story and dream, past and present, and philosophy and poetry in a sardonic and erotic tale of two couples--Tomas and Teresa, and Sabina and her Swiss lover, Gerhart.

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