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Ophelia
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the Unbearable Lightness of Being
I am almost done with it and am  .
I LOVE it and my brain is just spinning with the idea.
anyone else?
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DirtyBlonde
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
I read that book obsessively for the first two months that I owned it.
I love it.
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Mushesgirl
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
I read it many years ago and was like 
maybe I should give it another try?
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Ophelia
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
I am going to have to read it again once my brain returns to normal...but wow. just wow.
I loved the way he wrote the ending. and I just found the relationships so interesting.
Karenin 
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
I was obsessed with Tomas's character.
And the entire concept of the unbearable lightness of being...
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Ophelia
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
Tomas was interesting to me for a variety of reasons...but Sabina's...I was jealous of hers.
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
I was a little scared of them both - I related to them a little too much for my comfort level.
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Ophelia
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
 I related a little too much to Tereza. the whole mom dynamic especially.
there is so much to take away from this book. I am so glad I read it.
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
Posted by Mushesgirl
I read it many years ago and was like
maybe I should give it another try?
I read it as a freshman in college and I remember being just as confused. I may have to give it another try now (12 years later  )
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Ophelia
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
this is why I never post about books I read on here
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
Just reading the replies here I'm already
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Mushesgirl
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
Posted by headoverheels
Posted by Mushesgirl
I read it many years ago and was like
maybe I should give it another try?
I read it as a freshman in college and I remember being just as confused. I may have to give it another try now (12 years later )
LOL Bookclub discussion?? Now I have to get it from the library!!
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Posted by sunflowerjesss
Just reading the replies here I'm already
He explains it though - the idea of the unbearable lightness of being focuses on Nietzche's (sp) theory of eternal occurence - that things that happen have happened before and will happen again and again.
Milan Kundera goes against this theory - and believes that we live one life - events only occur once and that things that happen only once may as well have never happened at all.
The 'lightness' is that things happen only once - there is no weight or bearing to it - our decisions don't matter. However because our decisions can potentially cause so much pain to others, there is a heaviness to these seemingly inconsequential decisions.
Take these ideas and apply them to relationships -- you have the unbearable lightness of being.
I highlighted the hell out of this book when I read it. I seriously love it.
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This book... ugh... it confounded me and delighted me at intervals.
I guess my challenge was that while Kundera argues against eternal recurrence - his argument brings just as much sadness to me as Nietzsche's feelings about Eternal Return. BOTH are saying - in their own ways - that life is.. I don't know.. irrelevant. The philosophies are way more parallel than seperate in my heart.
Having said that.. I did like it and I LOOOOVED the movie based on it. If you haven't seen the movie, Kundera wrote a poem that appears (only) in the film version that just slays me:
You can sleep. Sleep in my arms.
Like a baby bird.
Like a broom among brooms...
in a broom closet.
Like a tiny parrot.
Like a whistle.
Like a little song.
A song sung by a forest...
within a forest...
a thousand years ago.
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Mushesgirl
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
didnt read the last 2 posts because i'm intent on re-reading it, just requested it from the library
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Posted by Mushesgirl
I read it many years ago and was like
Same here! I read it in my early twenties and wasn't quite ready for it!
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
This book sounds like something I would love. I need to check it out!
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Mushesgirl
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
just picked it up from the library lol hope it keeps me awake on my long a$$ train rides!!
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Mushesgirl
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
well i finally finished it after a few months!! I had to keep putting it down because it was so deep. I couldn't take it all in at once, so many themes, ideas, concepts. Thanks so much for reminding me of this book; it's impossible to read it when you're young!
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Re: the Unbearable Lightness of Being
so glad you read it!
yeah, you need to be at a certain 'level' to appreciate the ideas/themes in the book.
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