A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover -- these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, ...
A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover -- these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our pristine actions but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine.
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Jonathan Oliver employs a husky-voiced tone that proves the right match for this darkish story, one that requires of listeners a dollop of patience. Set first in Czechoslovakia, then in Switzerland, Kundera's story tells the sometimes laborious story of a womanizing Czech surgeon forced to flee the Russian invasion and take on menial roles, giving his passion for the flesh a slighly different perspective, as he is no longer a doctor but just a window-washer. His relationship with this current female-of-choice, the interesting and puzzling Tereza, is at the center of the novel. Oliver is good, very good, pausing with great effect, having just the right amount of low-key drama and contemplative musing
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0 有用 Abigail 2011-02-14 23:42:55
特别喜欢开头的那段讨论。饶有兴趣的分析了人物性格。对作者的很多观点并不赞同。
1 有用 吧啦 2009-07-02 09:48:01
地摊英文书
2 有用 You'reBeautiful 2009-03-07 15:54:36
独特的记叙手法,有点"蒙太奇"的味道。。。人类情感的复杂性。
34 有用 阿依达 2015-04-21 13:57:23
可被诉说和解读的太多了，尤其是Sabina与kitsch的挣扎，解释了我对政治运动多年的疑问。对于生命之轻之重的理论也很精妙。米兰昆德拉对男人女人思想行为的解读很敏感贴切，十年前我看这本书中文版的时候却并不知晓它的好处，如今我在特蕾莎、托马斯，尤其是萨比娜身上，都切切实实地寻找到了我自己。
4 有用 Mimi's Musings 2019-03-11 13:34:45
3.5 吧。不太容易评价的一本不同寻常的作品。说它是小说，可作者用了大量的议论性文字穿插在整本书里，让我总对书里的人物有一种距离感，我对他们的遭遇基本无动于衷。但昆德拉非常优秀的地方就在于加入这么多作者的声音却并未让人觉得很扰乱这本书的节奏，对我个人来说, 还反而喜欢这些哲学性的思考段落。这是一本囊括了很多内容的书，(比如人的存在，人生的偶然性和意义，还有引起不少讨论的kitsch,等等) 文不晦... 3.5 吧。不太容易评价的一本不同寻常的作品。说它是小说，可作者用了大量的议论性文字穿插在整本书里，让我总对书里的人物有一种距离感，我对他们的遭遇基本无动于衷。但昆德拉非常优秀的地方就在于加入这么多作者的声音却并未让人觉得很扰乱这本书的节奏，对我个人来说, 还反而喜欢这些哲学性的思考段落。这是一本囊括了很多内容的书，(比如人的存在，人生的偶然性和意义，还有引起不少讨论的kitsch,等等) 文不晦涩，却适合慢读、思考和分析。 (展开)