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Czech Samizdat Edition of The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Kundera, Milan

Nesnesitelná Lehkost Byti. Edice Prostor. [The Unbearable Lightness of Being.]

[Prague] Hradec Králové: Prostor, 1988. Second Czech edition. Samizdat. In original wrappers. 171 [1] p. Rear cover slightly dog-eared. Otherwise in fine condition.

Samizdat edition of Kundera’s masterpiece, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Milan Kundera’s (1929–) most well-known, widely translated work. Only samizdat editions could be published of the book in Czechoslovakia as it was banned until 1989.

This scarce edition was published by the samizdat socio-cultural journal, Prostor in Prague with Hradec Králové marked as place of publication.

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Price: €1,500.00