Question:
Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Light of Being"
This posting analyzes Tereza's character from "The Unbearable Lightness of Being." Kundera has said, "All novels , of every age, are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are automatically confronted by the question: What is the self" In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Tereza is staring at herself in the mirror. She wonders what would happen if her nose were to grow a millimeter longer each day. How much time would it take for her face to become unrecognizable?