“In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.”

—  Milan Kundera , book The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Part One: Lightness and Weight, p. 4

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Czech author of Czech and French literature 1929–2023

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