Further Reading
CRITICISM
Banerjee, Maria Nemcová. “The Unbearable Lightness of Being; or, Epicurus Contemplates Tragedy.” In Terminal Paradox: The Novels of Milan Kundera, pp. 192-251. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990.
Provides analysis of narrative structure, central characters, and the philosophic themes in The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Calvino, Italo. “On Kundera.” Review of Contemporary Fiction 9, No. 2 (Summer 1989): 53–7.
Italian author Calvino discusses the digressive and extemporaneous narrative elements in The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Doctorow, E. L. “Four Characters under Two Tyrannies.” New York Times Book Review (29 April 1984): 1, 45–6.
American author Doctorow relates notions of nationality and politics to the central characters of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Kramer, Jane. “When There Is No Word for ‘Home.’” New York Times Book Review (29 April 1984): 46-8.
Kundera discusses his life, political, philosophical, and literary perspectives.
Webb, Igor. “Milan Kundera and the Limits of Scepticism.” Massachusetts Review XXXI, No. 3 (Autumn 1990): 357-68.
Draws comparisons among Kundera's literary, political, and philosophic outlooks and those of Enlightenment writers Denis Diderot and Laurence Sterne.
Additional coverage of Kundera's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 2; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 85-88; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 19, 52 and 74; DISCovering Authors Modules: Novelists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Major 20th-Century Writers, Vols. 1, 2; and Short Story Criticism, Vol. 24.
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