Screen LibraryThe unbearable lightness of being /
A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanising; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover - these are the two couples whose story is told in this novel. Controlled by day, Tereza's jealousy awakens by night, transformed into ineffably sa...
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Faber and Faber,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
1995. ©1984 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Czech |
| Edition: | New edition. |
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A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanising; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover - these are the two couples whose story is told in this novel. Controlled by day, Tereza's jealousy awakens by night, transformed into ineffably sad death-dreams, while Tomas, a successful surgeon, alternates loving devotion to the dependent Tereza with the ardent pursuit of other women. Sabina, an independent, free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals - of parents, husband, country, love itself - whereas her lover, the intellectual Franz, loses all because of his earnest goodness and fidelity. 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, says the novelist, "the unbearable lightness of being"--Not only as the consequence of our private acts but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine |
| Item Description: | This translation originally published: New York: Harper & Row; London: Faber, 1984. |
| Carrier Form: | 305 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780571135394 0571135390 |
| Index Number: | PG5039 |
| CLC: | I565.45 |
| Call Number: | I565.45/K964-3 |