In one novel by this author, a poet's red haired girlfriend is arrested for refusing to rat out her brother, and the poet Jaromil is spoiled by his Maman. In another novel, after writing a note which reads "Optimism is the opium of the people...Long 
In one novel by this author, a poet's red haired girlfriend is arrested for refusing to rat out her brother, and the poet Jaromil is spoiled by his Maman. In another novel, after writing a note which reads "Optimism is the opium of the people...Long live Trotsky!" Ludvik Jahn is expelled from the party. In addition to Life is Elsewhere  and The Joke, this author wrote a novel which sees Franz killed in Bangkok, focuses on Nietzsche's concept of eternal return, and features a romance between the pig Mefisto and dog Karenin. For 10 points, name this author of a novel about the love affairs of Sabina, Teresa and Thomas, set in Prague, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
In one novel by this author, a poet's red haired girlfriend is arrested for refusing to rat out her brother, and the poet Jaromil is spoiled by his Maman.
Milan Kundera