The Unbearable Lightness of Being

I recently met two different people, who upon seeing me reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being, remarked that it is one of their favorite books. It is a very complex philosophical book with an eliptical plot. I won't try to explain the plot other than to say the events of the story take place during the time of the Prague Spring (the period of cultural liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968). The story is quite erotic. The protagonist, who I believe is in his early 40s, has slept with over 200 women in his lifetime. He shags a fair number of these women during the course of the book. Kundera's writing reminded me of Nabakov. As good as this book is, I would not say it is among my favorites. See the movie instead.