I was sad to read this today; Kundera opened my eyes to another world when I lived first in Czechoslovakia, then Slovakia and finally Czech in the 90’s. Other Czech writers wrote about those difficult times before the Velvet Revolution but Kundera inspired.
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He wrote a masterpiece of modern literature.
RIP
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Even though he reached an impressive age, this is still sad news. I found his writing so different to other voices of the time and that had such an impression on me, moreso than probably anyone since.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being is such a wonderful phrase/concept/state.
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