# 28: Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
This novel seems to progress on two levels—seemingly, it is a novel about the lives of the characters, and is most focused on the lives of Tereza and Tomas. The setting of the novel is Prague, 1968 and the political turmoil taking place, along with the relationship of the protagonists allows the author to speculate at length about the humankind, bring up philosophical conundrums and leave open ended questions that the reader struggles to find answers for. There seems to be an underlying theme of “What happens if people start doing whatever they want?”—a theme that the novel circles back to several times throughout its run. The characters of the novel are often unnecessarily cruel to each other, yet this cruelty is very believable, especially given the setting of the novel. Within the space of the novel Kundera also discusses love, sex, Communism, Beethoven, Nietzsche, and this combination makes the novel a bit of a challenge to get through, but leaves the reader very satisfied.  

# 28: Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

This novel seems to progress on two levels—seemingly, it is a novel about the lives of the characters, and is most focused on the lives of Tereza and Tomas. The setting of the novel is Prague, 1968 and the political turmoil taking place, along with the relationship of the protagonists allows the author to speculate at length about the humankind, bring up philosophical conundrums and leave open ended questions that the reader struggles to find answers for. There seems to be an underlying theme of “What happens if people start doing whatever they want?”—a theme that the novel circles back to several times throughout its run. The characters of the novel are often unnecessarily cruel to each other, yet this cruelty is very believable, especially given the setting of the novel. Within the space of the novel Kundera also discusses love, sex, Communism, Beethoven, Nietzsche, and this combination makes the novel a bit of a challenge to get through, but leaves the reader very satisfied.