Description
There are situations in which we fail for a moment to recognize the person we are with, in which the identity of the other is erased while we simultaneously doubt our own. Here, a moment of bewilderment marks the start of a labyrinthine journey during which the reader repeatedly crosses the border between the real and the unreal, between what occurs in the world outside and what the mind creates in its solitude.
With stunning artfulness in expanding and playing variations on the meaningful moment, Milan Kundera explores this identity crisis - and the vague sense of panic it inspires.