One character in this novel is so depressed that s
One character in this novel is so depressed that she attempts to commit suicide by swallowing an entire bottle of analgesics, but she accidentally swallows laxatives instead, while another character destroys all the china and furniture in his house when his son goes to a motorcycle race. While getting shaved, the protagonist doesn't recognize Lucie, whom he had attempted to rape while at the Ostrava, and he seduces Helena to get revenge against her husband Pavel Zemanek, who had earlier reported the protagonist's letter which said, "Optimism is the opium of the people!" FTP, name this novel about Ludvik Jahn in Communist Czechoslovakia, written by Milan Kundera.
One character in this novel is so depressed that she attempts to commit suicide by swallowing an entire bottle of analgesics, but she accidentally swallows laxatives instead, while another character destroys all the china and furniture in his house when his son goes to a motorcycle race.
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