"The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything."
Milan Kundera (1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Czech-born French novelist.
His body of work focused on the philosophical. He was most famous for his 1984 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being (which received a highly acclaimed 1988 film adaptation starring Daniel Day-Lewis), but produced a wide variety of works that can be found at the Other Wiki
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Most of his writing is in French. For a taste of his work, take a look at a short story of his called "The Apologizer," translated into English and free on The New Yorker's website.
Tropes:
- The Joy of X: As far as titles go, The Unbearable Lightness of Being provides a great pattern to have fun with. The Un-X-able Y-ness of Z-ing is irresistible.
