The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaRead about another entry on the list.
"The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one, and Nietzsche has often perplexed other philosophers with it..." When I first read these opening lines, I was exhilarated by the directness with which Kundera relates ideas to the reader. He simply addresses us, explaining the grander notions that the consideration of his characters has stirred in him.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is one of Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's top ten wartime love stories, Olen Steinhauer's six favorite books. Lee Child called The Unbearable Lightness of Being "his private pick for the 20th–century novel that will live the longest." John Mullan includes it among ten of the best visits to the lavatory in literature.
--Marshal Zeringue
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