I read the book and loved it, but the thoughts I have about it are very disjointed and in pieces. I want to read it again, because with books like this I like to really absorb it. Any ideas on how to approach my second reading? Also, any unique ideas about how I can make parallels with Yates' "Revolutionary Road"? I just need help trying to collect my thoughts.
2006-10-13 05:20:22 · 2 answers · asked by francesfarmer 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I have included beginnings of reviews I found on Amazon.com that I feel really are wonderful from both books. Go to Amazon.com and read the reviews, they will give you the answer you are looking for. Both books sound wonderful, I myself will read them. Thanks!
Unbearable Lightness of Being
One of my favorite books, August 24, 2006
Reviewer: Ashley E. Kirsner - See all my reviews
I found The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera to be one of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read. I chose it because my friend told me it was her favorite book. She explained the author's definitions of lightness and weight to me, which I thought were original and intriguing. Kundera's definition of lightness refers to the freedom we have in making decisions. Humans find this freedom unbearable, as the title suggests, because we want our decisions to matter and have weight- we feel helpless and lose our sense of control because our decisions are irrelevant to our fates.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Revoluntionary Road...Yates
The truth that I appreciate, August 10, 2006
Reviewer: Damon Garr (Golden, CO United States) - See all my reviews
Such comfort is to be found in a traditional third-person, omniscient, past-tense. Yates's narration is so free of gimmicks and flows so easily from the mind of one character to another that the reader is hardly aware in any conscious way of a switch. What I also found heartening in this book, and what reaffirms my love of literature, is Yates's way of getting at the subtleties of thought. When we see Frank Wheeler slip into a bit of negative thinking, fall for his own self-pity, or get caught up in bit of fantasy, we recognize that same trait in our method of thinking. This is what literature does best, or what makes great literature. What we read should remind us of who we are, awaken us to our own characteristics.
2006-10-13 05:34:02 · answer #1 · answered by kickinupfunf 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i always had this book on my list but never got around to reading it. i also love reading philosophical books such as The fountainhead by Ayn Rand and The art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert Pirsig (they're my favorite). if u need more info then check out this site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_lightness_of_being
Cheers!!
2006-10-13 14:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by vick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋