{"product_id":"the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-1","title":"The Unbearable Lightness of Being","description":"\u003cp\u003eMilan Kundera's 1984 novel is set in Prague around the Soviet invasion, and it moves between a surgeon, his wife, his mistress, and a dog named Karenin through sex, exile, and the problem of repetition. The philosophical interludes are the point, not interruptions: Kundera wants to know whether a life that cannot be repeated has any weight at all. The answer he gives is less comforting than the title suggests, and the politics are never merely backdrop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarper \u0026amp; Row's edition, translated by Michael Henry Heim, presents the novel in the compact paperback format that made it a fixture of college dorm rooms. Karenin the dog may be the only creature in the book who knows what she wants. It is a book that is easier to quote than to settle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabound","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48479548932308,"sku":"0060152583","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/5410\/7860\/files\/9780060152581.jpg?v=1786815130","url":"https:\/\/checkout.vagaboundbooks.com\/products\/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-1","provider":"Vagabound","version":"1.0","type":"link"}