But just make someone who has fallen in love listen to his stomach rumble, and the unity of body and soul, that lyrical illusion of the age of science , instantly fades away.
Milan KunderaI was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be.
Milan KunderaThe novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become
Milan KunderaIn the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.
Milan Kundera