The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Kundera, Milan; Heim, Michael Henry (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0060152583
- ISBN 13
- 9780060152581
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Row, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First American printing, near fine hardcover shows some light soil at page edges, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows some faint staining at area of spine tail and light edgewear that includes tiny chips and tears. 314 pages. Remains an attractive copy of this magnificent novel that was turned into the movie of the same name.
Synopsis
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), by Milan Kundera, is a philosophical novel about a man and two women and their lives in the Prague Spring of the Czechoslovak Communist period in 1968. Although written in 1982 the novel was not published until two years later in France. The Czech: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí and French: l'Insoutenable légèreté de l'être titles are more common worldwide.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32486
- Title
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Author
- Kundera, Milan; Heim, Michael Henry (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060152583
- ISBN 13
- 9780060152581
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Butte, Montana; Collectibles; Great Falls, Montana; Helena, Montana; Missoula, Montana; Rare Books ; Used Books;
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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