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Immortality (Czech: Nesmrtelnost) is a novel in seven parts, written by Milan Kundera in 1988 in Czech. It was first published in 1990 in French, and then translated into English by Peter Kussi and published in the UK in 1991. [1] The story springs from a casual gesture of a woman, seemingly to her swimming instructor.
Quoting Kundera from the book: The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are ...
Milan Kundera (UK: / ˈ k ʊ n d ər ə, ˈ k ʌ n-/ KU(U)N-dər-ə; [1] [2] Czech: [ˈmɪlan ˈkundɛra] ⓘ; 1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019. [3]
Milan Kundera, the "Unbearable Lightness of Being' author who died Tuesday at 94, didn't just liberate minds from tyranny. He freed the novel too. Appreciation: In a world full of lies, Milan ...
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Eventually, Kundera's associate – code named R. – is brought in for questioning concerning Kundera's clandestine writing, changing the mood from amusement to concern. Kundera also describes 'circle dancing' wherein the joy and laughter build up to the point that the people's steps take them soaring into the sky with the laughing angels.