Published in 1984 by Harper & Row
Following the stories of two couples, intertwined by a 20 year dalliance. We are introduced to a world where it is not weight but lightness that is the most difficult to bear. Tomas is married to Tereza, she is young and helpless and every time he sleeps with a new woman it kills her inside. His longtime lover Sabina is her opposite Impulsive, carefree and open to everything with no guilt holding her back. And last there is Franz, a teacher who meets and falls in love with Sabina, even when they are no longer together he still thinks of her and wishes she could be by his side.
There is a lot of war, sex, secret police, death, and talk of bowler hats as well.
Quotes:
"Vertigo is something other than the fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified we defend ourselves."
"Culture is perishing in overproduction, in an avalanche of words, in the madness of quantity."
"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious. They are the questions with no answers. A question with no answer is a barrier that cannon be breached In other words, it is questions with no answers that set the limits of human possibilities, describe the boundaries of human existence.
Rating: ***
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