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You know what? At uni I might have enjoyed it more but at school in class 11, barely turned 17... in the same class we read Spring Awakening and I can see the rationale for that since Wedekind at least wrote in German but Kundera? There's no way you can call him a German author. I quite liked The Confusions of Young Toerless though, strangely enough, which we did when I was 18 or 19. And Radetzky March wasn't too awful either at that age. I mean looking back at school a lot of my enjoyment (or rather not) had to do with how 'close' the content sometimes was and how far you could distance yourself from it. At uni you already start to develop a different idea about life and the world, which might make a difference too. But I don't think you have to keep silent about not liking Kundera. You're definitely not alone in your opinion.

EDIT: I just read the summary on wikipedia for Kundera and I have to say it rings totally different with me now, maybe also because I heard something vaguely similar from our cameraman on the film, who was born in the DDR and all that. His story really is tragic in a way, so there's definitely something about the title of the novel which is true. Maybe I re-read the book when I'm home for Christmas.