Tibor Fischer

Milan Kundera feels the unbearable weight of disappointment

In two essays, from 1967 and 1983, he expresses the sense of abandonment felt in Central Europe – and his own dismay at the superficiality of western culture

Milan Kundera. [Getty Images]
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  • A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe

    Milan Kundera

    Faber, pp. 96, £10

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