As an author, I'd characterize Kundera as insightful, but he seems to write in order to show how insightful he is as opposed to with the reader in mind.Īll in all, I am glad I read it and look forward to reading more analysis and discussing it with my book club. The story jumps around in time and has dream sequences, so it's not the easiest to follow, but it does have some very heartfelt moments throughout. Tomas is a womanizer, and the story also envelops his lover, Sabina, as well as Tomas' and Tereza's dog, Karenin. The novel itself is primarily about a relationship between a surgeon, Tomas, and his one true love, Tereza. I feel like there were major philosophical points that I strongly agreed with, but I'm not sure whether my interpretations are on the money. I'm super anxious to look at Sparknotes' analysis now that I've finished the story. Nonetheless, it was readable, and I actually enjoyed (and often agreed with) the philosophical musings enough that I was able to appreciate the book on the whole. It really combines philosophy with a novel, and I'm never too excited about a novel that feels it needs to "spell out" the philosophy that supposedly is inherent in the storytelling. I'm surprised it somehow "broke out" and became as well read as it has.
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