One portion of this work is described as "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words" and features some analysis of the terms "compassion" and "kitsch.
One portion of this work is described as "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words" and features some analysis of the terms "compassion" and "kitsch." One character dreams repeatedly of marching naked to her death near a pool while another eventually becomes a window-washer. Taking as a symbol the dog Karenin, this novel features a girl with the large glasses who becomes an unlikely mistress for a university professor, who in turn has an affair with the artist Sabina. Citing both Parmenides and Nietzsche's concept of eternal return, it also tells of the tumultuous affair between Tereza and Tomas, who represent the title concept and its opposite, weight. FTP, name this novel set against the backdrop of the Prague Spring, the best known by Milan Kundera.
One portion of this work is described as "A Short Dictionary of Misunderstood Words" and features some analysis of the terms "compassion" and "kitsch.
The {Unbearable Lightness of Being} (or {Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí})