在《生命中不能承受之輕》中，著名作家米蘭·昆德拉講述了兩對情侶的故事：一位年輕女子愛上了一個男人，而他卻在對她的愛與他不可救藥的花痴之間左右為難；另一位是他的情婦，以及她那位謙卑忠誠的情人。在這個由不可逆轉的選擇和偶然事件塑造人生的世界裡，所有事情都只有一次，存在似乎失去了它的本質和重量。因此，我們感受到的「生命中不能承受之輕」不僅源自於我們純潔的行為，也源自於公共領域，兩者不可避免地交織在一起。
這部宏偉的小說現已推出精美設計的哈珀常年豪華版，配有法式封口和毛邊紙。它講述了一個關於激情與政治、不忠與思想的故事，涵蓋了喜劇與悲劇的極端，闡明了人類生存的各個層面。
In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, acclaimed author Milan Kundera tells the story of two couples, a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing, and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover. 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.
This magnificent novel, now available in a beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition with French flaps and deckle edged paper, is a story of passion and politics, infidelity and ideas, and encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, illuminating all aspects of human existence.
