A Book Review on The Unbearable Lightness of Being

This novel revolves around the idea of eternal return as “a perspective from which things appear other than as we know them: without mitigating circumstance of their transitory nature.” Nietzsche says that a life that is only lived once means nothing.

Nietzsche called the idea of eternal return the heaviest of burdens.

But is lightness splendid and heaviness deplorable? The heaviest of burdens sinks us, crushes us, and pins us to the ground. But in “the love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the

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To her, a life out for the public to see is a life full of lies. They had spent scarcely an hour together. His most recent novel Slowness and Identity, as well as his nonfiction works, The Art of the Novel and Testaments Betrayed, were originally written in French. Ten days later, Tereza paid Tomas a visit in Prague.

Lightness and Darkness: For Sabina, living meant seeing. Through this search, we shall discover new things and new lessons and eventually find that “purpose.

The absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, take leave of the earth, and become only half real, his movements are free as they are insignificant. But right after, Tomas left and went back to his wife. This (to Franz) would indicate that he was taking pleasure in it. Betrayal means breaking ranks and going off into the unknown. Tereza came to Prague to escape her mother’s world. He abided by the “rule of threes”: seeing a woman in three consecutive times, or maintaining relationships over the years but making sure that rendezvous are three weeks apart. To Tomas, being intoxicated was being faithful to Tereza.

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Approximate Word count = 1950
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)

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