The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

KUNDERA, Milan.

Item Number: 751

New York: Harper & Row, 1984.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Milan Kundera on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare signed.

When "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" was first published in English, it was hailed as "a work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness" by critic Elizabeth Hardwick and named one of the best books of 1984 by the New York Times Book Review. It went on to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and quickly became an international bestseller.