KUNDERA, Milan.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
"When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object": First Edition of The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Inscribed by Milan Kundera with an original drawing
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.
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First edition of Kundera's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Daniel Milan Kundera," with an original drawing of a hand attached to the end of the signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Rare signed and inscribed and with an original drawing.
When "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" was first published in English, it was hailed as "a work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness" by critic Elizabeth Hardwick and named one of the best books of 1984 by the New York Times Book Review. It went on to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and quickly became an international bestseller. It was adapted to film in 1988, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
$3,800.00
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