Kundera and “Europe on 600ccs a Day”
I came upon the link to the Slate article through the Web serendipity that is my customized MSN Entertainment page. I s’pose it can’t be much seredipity if I customized the page to point it in the “right” direction, but all the same, it’s not normal for me to click on a link that says “Europe on 600ccs a Day”.
Where I landed was the Friday entry of Slate’s “well-traveled: Dispatches from the front lines of travel.” I’ve been discovering a whole lot of Slate in the same fashion lately, and I am genuinely and pleasantly surprised by the content. I just wish it was easier to navigate.
Anyway, the Friday entry is really all about Elisabeth Eaves and her trip through the Czech Republic, but also of her love of Milan Kundera, and particularly how his book The Unbearable Lightness of Being is woven into this leg of her trip. This book is on my top ten favorites list (truth be told, I’ve never read his others, but this article makes me want to), and I really like the way Elisabeth blends her travel experience, her love of the book, and the aspects of the book in one article. So very excellent.
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