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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Aug 26 2009, 10:09 AM EDT
Well, this book did NOT go down well in the prison. Only 3 members of the group (and this includes myself) actually read it through to the end. I personally loved it but wish I could remember more of the brilliant meditations it led me through, which I relished at the time. Ray said reading it was a punishment and was worse then being in prison. He said he wouldn't even send it his ex-wives, it was that bad. Tony said that it was a brilliant book, a deep book, and the characters were good, but he just couldn't say he liked it as a read. But he wasn't sure why.Overall I felt disappointed that more people in the group didn't push through and get to the end of it. Andy, who had chosen the book in the first place, got moved on to a different prison before the meeting of the Book Group. He was delighted to have escaped the meeting, as he said he couldn't make head or tail of the book himself and had been dreading the grief he was going to get from the rest of the group for chosing it! 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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1. RE: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Sep 6 2009, 8:12 AM EDT
It's saying something when a prisoner finds reading a certain book far worse than being in prison itself! Is the book really that awful? I've never read this title, but now I have to try it to check out how bad it is. If getting transferred is better than facing the music I should be in for a treat.
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