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A Perennial Library softcover edition No. 1465, in very good condition. Covers are square and clean with light wear to the edges and corners. Pages are bright throughout, free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Spine is tight with no cracking. A very good, well-preserved copy. Published by Perennial Library in 1987 in the English translation by Michael Henry Heim, winner of the PEN Translation Prize and recipient of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for his career contributions to literary translation. The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a philosophical novel by Milan Kundera, a Czech author who settled in France after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Set during the Prague Spring, the novel follows two couples, Tomas and Teresa, and Sabina and her Swiss lover, as they navigate the interplay of love, freedom, and political life under occupation. Winner of the 1984 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Ships within Canada. International orders welcome through AbeBooks.