La insoportable levedad del ser, de Milan Kundera.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera.
Casi no hace falta explicar nada: la fama del título y el autor son suficientes.
There is almost no need to explain anything: the fame of the title and the author are enough.
There is almost no need to explain anything: the fame of the title and the author are enough.
Ambientado en la Praga de 1968, describe a un hombre plagado de dudas existenciales con respecto a la pareja, tanto de carácter amoroso como sexual.
Set in Prague in 1968, describes a man who is full of existential doubts about couple relationships, both loving and sexual nature.
Set in Prague in 1968, describes a man who is full of existential doubts about couple relationships, both loving and sexual nature.
Y eso es lo único que puedo aportar sobre esta obra, la verdad.
And that´s what I can give you on this book.
And that´s what I can give you on this book.
En mi primer año de Universidad (hace siglos!) se lo pedí prestado a mis tíos porque había oído hablar de este título a personas que en aquel entonces me parecían lo más y que se las daban de intelectuales. Así que pensé: por qué no?
In my first year at Univesity (for centuries!) I borrowed this book from my uncle and aunt because some people I knew and seemed to me always up-to-date and very intellectual had read it. So I thought: why not?
A lo mejor es que con 18 años no tenía las neuronas lo suficientemente desarrolladas para algo tan trascendental porque por más empeño que puse en entender lo que iba leyendo, llegó un momento en el que ya no llegaba a comprender el mensaje y mi único objetivo era acabar el libro a ver si al llegar al final todo cobraba sentido para mí.
Maybe 18 years are not enough for something so trascendental because even if I made my best to understand what I was reading, I couldn´t get the message and my only aim was to finish the book to see if in the end it did make sense to me.
Maybe 18 years are not enough for something so trascendental because even if I made my best to understand what I was reading, I couldn´t get the message and my only aim was to finish the book to see if in the end it did make sense to me.
Sinceramente, después de leer la última línea lo único que me vino a la mente fue esto:
Honestly, the only thing that came to my mind when I read the last line of the book was this:
Honestly, the only thing that came to my mind when I read the last line of the book was this:
Supongo que con 18 no era tan intelectual como yo pensaba...
I guess that when I was 18 I wasn´t as intellectual as I thought...
I guess that when I was 18 I wasn´t as intellectual as I thought...
Ha llovido mucho desde entonces pero jamás he vuelto a coger La insoportable levedad del ser para releerlo y saber si he madurado lo suficiente para entenderlo o lo mío es crónico.
Time went by since but I´ve never read the book again to see if I have grown up to understand it or I´ll never succeed.
Time went by since but I´ve never read the book again to see if I have grown up to understand it or I´ll never succeed.
