What is The Unbearable Lightness of Being?
{{italictitle}} {{infobox book | name = The Unbearable Lightness of Being | title_orig = Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí | translator = | image = | caption = | author = [[Milan Kundera]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = France | language = Czech | series = | genre = [[Philosophical fiction]], [[Magical realism]] | publisher = [[Éditions Gallimard|Gallimard]] (France)<br>[[68 Publishers]] (Czech language)<br>[[Harper & Row]] (US)<br>[[Faber & Faber]] (UK) | release_date = 1984 (French translation)<br>1985 (original Czech) | english_release_date = 1984 | media_type = Print (Hardcover) | pages = 393 (French 1st edition) | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''The Unbearable Lightness of Being''''' ({{lang-cs|Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí}}) is a 1984 novel by [[Milan Kundera]], about two women, two men, a dog and their lives in the 1968 [[Prague Spring]] period of [[Czechoslovak]] history. The original [[Czech language|Czech]] text was published the following year. ==Other websites== *[http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/unbearablelightness/ SparkNotes] *[http://raudino.wordpress.com/kundera/ An essay written by Giuseppe Raudino] {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Unbearable Lightness of Being, The}} [[Category:1984 books]] [[Category:Czech culture]] [[Category:Adultery in fiction]]