内容简介
Anovelofirreconcilablelovesandinfidelities,whichembracesallaspectsofhumanexistence,andaddressesthenatureoftwentieth-century'Being'.FromtheauthorofTESTAMENTSBETRAYED.
作者简介
MilanKundera,borninBrno,Czechoslovakia,wasastudentwhentheCzechCommunistregimewasestablishedin1948,andlaterworkedasalabourer,jazzmusicianandprofessorattheInstituteforAdvancedCinematographicStudiesinPrague.AftertheRussianinvasioninAugust1968,hisbookswereproscribed.In1975,heandhiswifesettledinFrance,andin1981,hebecameaFrenchcitizen.HeistheauthorofthenovelsTheJoke,'LifeisElsewhere','FarewellWaltz',TheBookofLaughterandForgetting,TheUnbearableLightnessofBeing,andImmortality,andoftheshort-storycollection'LaughableLoves'-alloriginallyinCzech.Hisnon-fictionworksTheArtoftheNovelandTestamentsBetrayed:AnEssayinNineParts,wereoriginallywritteninFrench.HeisalsotheauthorofIdentity,andIgnorance.
