From the beginnings of mistaken identity we follow the story of two lovers and the game that is played out between them which spirals out of control, ending with the girl trying to escape from an orgy in London where her lover has been sleeping on the streets trying to find her.
I knew that the ending sequence must have been fantasy or dreamlike as how could her lover just board a train to the UK without a passport. That really bothered me.
Kundera’s characters always seem to have liberal sex lives, whether that is an Eastern European standard or just his male fantasies…… not sure! It was an intriguing read but too short to be called a novel and not really sure what the message was. Maybe how important communication should be between two people? Though the other two novels I’ve read seem to have this theme also. He sets up a scenario whereby you understand the reason for the characters action, and then you see it from the other characters point of view and how they have misconstrued the action, therefore by lack of actual communication the outcome is quite comical but in this case rather dark.
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