"Kristofer Lehmann-Haupt, mwandishi wa gazeti la The New York Times, aliandika hivi: ""Kundera ni mtu mwenye kutilia shaka mambo ya kisasa, asiyeweza kutabiriwa, na anayekumbusha kazi yake kuu, The Unbearable Lightness of Being."
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt anaamini kwamba kitabu hiki ni sawa na The Unbearable Lightness of Being.