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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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What’s it about?

A philosophical novel exploring the eternal conflict between lightness (freedom without meaning) and weight (love and responsibility) through four intertwined lives in Soviet-occupied Prague.

You’ll learn

  • The myth of Eternal Return
  • Lightness vs. weight in life
  • The burden of love and commitment
  • The freedom of betrayal