Milan Kundera

In Praise of Slow Thinking

Carl Honore | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books


Carl Honore

Slow Thinking is intuitive, woolly and creative. It is what we do when the pressure is off, and there is time to let ideas simmer on the back burner. It yields rich, nuanced insights and sometimes surprising breakthroughs.

"Unbearable Lightness" Author Kundera Informed On Western Spy, Document Shows

AP | ONDREJ HEJMA | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


PRAGUE, Czech Republic — A document written by the Czech Communist police claims that Milan Kundera _ author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Bei...

Culture Zohn: The Unbearable Lightness of Being '08

Patricia Zohn | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics


Patricia Zohn

2008-09-03-zohn_bowler.jpgIt's important to remember that politics demands nuance and good listening skills, that politicians are not saints (except I guess St. Sarah), that dealing with repressive Russia is not going to be uncomplicated.

Milan Kundera Receives Czech Literary Award

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Milan Kundera has won the Czech Republic's State Award for Literature for the first publication of his novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" in hi...