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.
Dan il-ktieb huwa eżatt bħall-ktieb The Unbearable Lightness of Being.