Book Reviews - Review 171

An early comic novel by Kundera. Much less philosophising than in his later books, and a much lighter tone generally (though much of the humour is black, and some may find it distastefully flippant). Set on a Czech fertility spa where a randy jazz musician gets a nurse pregnant (if I remember rightly) and has trouble persuading her to get an abortion.

Not a classic, but very readable. Probably not one for feminists.