A novel of irreconcilable loves and infidelities, which embraces all aspects of human existence, and addresses the nature of twentieth-century 'Being'. From the author of TESTAMENTS BETRAYED.

《不能承受的生命之轻》是米兰·昆德拉最负盛名的作品。小说描写了托马斯与特丽莎、萨丽娜之间的感情生活。但它不是一个男人和两个女人的三角性爱故事，它是一部哲理小说，小说从“永恒轮回”的讨论开始，把读者带入了对一系列问题的思考中，比如轻与重、灵与肉。 《不能承受的生命之轻》是一部意象繁复的书，其中装载了多种涵义：被政治化了的社会内涵的揭示、人性考察、个人命运在特定历史与政治语境下的呈现，以及对两性关系本质上的探索等。昆德拉将这些元素糅合在一起，写成一部非同凡响的小说——其中既有隐喻式的哲学思考，也有人的悲欢离合的生命历程的展现。

《告别圆舞曲》由捷克小说家米兰·昆德拉编著。 欧洲伟大的小说就是一种消遣，所有真正的小说家都很怀念这一点！然而消遣并不排除它的重力。在《告别圆舞曲》中，我在思考这样一个问题：人配在地球上生存吗？难道不应当“把地球从人类的魔爪下解放出来”吗？将格外重的问题和格外轻的形式结合在一起，这是我一直以来的野心。这不是和种单纯的艺术野心。形式之轻和主题之重的结合揭示了我们人间这种种戏剧（在我们床上所发生的一切和在历史舞台上我们所演出的都是一样）毫无意义，到了可怕的地步。

《玩笑》的背景是捷克六十年代政治风云到来的前夕，但《玩笑》中的故事情节本身却追溯到五十年代；小说主要是围绕主人公卢德维克的复仇而展开：青年知识分子路德维克，因为与女友开了个玩笑，被朋友泽马内克陷害，送入苦役营。归来后他为了报复泽马内克，设计勾引其妻海伦娜。计划成功后，他才发现：泽马内克早就想抛弃妻子，他的报复成了一个毫无作用的“玩笑”……

在线阅读本书 Book Description 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. From AudioFile 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 Book Dimension length: (cm)19.7 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.8