You might ask yourself why I bother to write a book review. Well in my opinion the crits rareley write about what a book is like. Most of them just cramp the page full of fancy and cryptic words, frighting the hell out of those who'd actually wanted to read something LITERARY for the first time. Ok so this is my short summary.
Milan Kunderas The Unbearable Lightness of Being is set in the Czech Republic and is the story about Tomas and Teresa. Tomas is a surgeon and womanizer who doesn't give up other women although he's with Teresa, a waitress. It's 1968 when the Russians march into the Czech Republic. Tomas and Teresa emigrate to Switzerland to escape the communist regime. But Teresa returns leaving Tomas only a note. He has to choose between a life as a free doctor and the love of his life.
What's special about the book is the way the author merges his protagonists thoughts on well known issues, such as betrayal, with philosophy. He uses strong images which force the abstract thoughts to life like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
Don't be put off by the sometimes rather graphic descriptions and the fact that he doesn't tell the story chronically. Just open your mind for something different.
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