The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera's best-known novel is set in Czechoslovakia around the Prague Spring of 1968 and the Soviet invasion that followed. It traces the lives of Tomas, a surgeon, his wife Tereza, the painter Sabina and her friend Franz as love, loyalty and politics pull them in different directions. Along the way Kundera reflects on freedom, chance and whether a life lived only once can carry any weight. The text is in Persian (Farsi/Dari).

Author: Milan Kundera

Translator: پرویز همایون پور

Persian title: بار هستی

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