Unbearable Lightness Of Being by Milan Kundera

I really enjoyed this book, it's one of those ones you have to think about. The story follows two couples, Tomas and Tereza and Sabina and Franz. These people are used to embody certain ideals and characteristics, and I interpreted their actions more as metaphor rather than just an act in itself.
 
 I suppose one of the major themes in the book is expressed in the title, this idea of weight in association with how we interact with the world, and whether or not it is a good or bad thing to have. I understood the weight to be our ties to the world, our responsibilities. Like a sac we carry. The question is -is it better to have the sac full of stuff you may need or want with you or is it better to be unburdened? What I found helpful was that for the perspectives presented, the opposite perspective is presented to contrast, neither one being more right than the other.
 
Each of the four main characters had some sort of struggle they were attempting to overcome (which I loved reading about. There is nothing more enlightening and empowering than to watch someone overcome what discontents them). All of the struggles have to do with how the characters interact with those they know, which I saw to be a preference for either weight or lightness.
 
This is one of those books you could (and should) spend hours thinking about.