Name: jaya kohol's review of Identity by Milan Kundera
Item: Identity
Rating: 4.5
Author: jaya kohol

Milan Kundera

Sometimes - perhaps only for an instant - we fail to recognise a companion; for a moment their identity ceases to exist, and thus we come to doubt our own. The effect is at its most acute in a couple where our existence is given meaning by our perception of a lover, and theirs of us. With his astonishing skill at building on and out from the significant moment, Kundera has placed such a situation and the resulting wave of panic at the core of the novel. In a narrative as intense as it is brief, a moment of confusion sets in motion a complex chain of events which forces the reader to cross and recross the divide between fantasy and reality. Profound, sad and disquieting but above all a love story, 'Identity' provides further proof of Kundera's astonishing gifts as a novelist.

Identity

jaya kohol

Like every Kundera novel I read I am moved to tears. The storytelling is poignant but simple in this one. I feel like Jean-Marc a lot - terrified that the person you love will at some instance become unrecognizable. Chantal is the embodiment of women in society who have learned that their value comes from sexualization and youth. She grapples with the sincerity of love and that all that one has is oneself. Kundera perfectly encapsulates what it means to love the identity of another. With every book I learn so much more about life. This was touching and soft. 

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