Imma Christopher Lehmann-Haupt tan-New York Times jiddeskrivi l-ktieb bħala Kundera klassika—xettiku tal-modernità, imprevedibbli, u jfakkar fil-kapolavur tiegħu, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt jemmen li dan il-ktieb huwa simili għal The Unbearable Lightness of Being.