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kleinbl00 · 313 days ago · link · · parent · post: Milan Kundera, Literary Star Who Skewered Communist Rule, Dies at 94
It might matter when you read them. Life is Elsewhere was more profound to me, probably because I was in my late 20s when I read it.
I’ve read both the joke and unbearable lightness in my 20s and 30s and perceived them in subtly different ways each time. Definitely reflective of my life experience at each point. I plan to reread each on my 40s, as well, but haven’t gotten to it yet. Life I only read once many years ago, so I’m having trouble remembering the details beyond that I was also wowed by it.