The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera

I once read someone who said that life was getting more complicated. He said that you used to be able to just read Dostoyevsky's Brother's Karamazov and you could get your fill of metaphysical knowledge. Dostoyevsky's book isn't about philosophy. It's not a text book or a book of arguments, but simply stories of peoples' lives. Since philosophies are simply ways to understand and live life, why would one not explain it through stories of life. This is how Milan Kundera's novel', The Unbearable Lightness of Being explains philosophy without getting too dense or aggressive. He does, however, quote directly from famous philosopher's such as Nietzche and Descartes, but Kundera does it in a way that the reader actually finds philosophical addages applicable to everyday life.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is simply the intertwining lives of four czech citizens durring the Russian occupation. It deals with life and love and philosophy in such a light manner that it makes it livable. A quote that stuck with me was "If rejection and privilege are on and the same, if there is no difference between the sublime and the paltry, if the Son of God can undergo judgement for shit, then human existence loses its dimensions and becomes unbearably light." We seem to thrive on polarity. Uggh this book is so invigorating and enthusiastic and intruiging that I would be happy to talk about it for the rest of the night, but that would ruin your great reading of this fantastic book, so i shall leave you to it.
Have a great smiley night, and remember that life doesn't need a kitch or Grand March or idyllic purpose to be all that it can be.
Awesome, just awesome.
Andrew