The late Czech author's key work

Kundera, Milan ~ The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Faber and Faber, London : 1984

The First UK printing published by Faber, London in 1984. The BOOK is in near Fine condition and appears unread. Light toning to the text-block. Internally clean. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with no fading of colouring to the spine. Some very light creasing to the spine tips. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The late Czech author's key work which is set in the 1968 Prague Spring period of Czechoslovak history. Although written in 1982, the novel was not published until two years later, in a French translation (as 'L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être'). The same year, it was translated to English from Czech by Michael Henry Heim and excerpts of it were published in 'The New Yorker'. The original Czech text was published the following year. Scarce in such condition.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine