The unbearable lightness of being — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 9.5 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 64% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
- That's 6% longer than the average romance audiobook (9 hrs across 819 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners who want a central love story and a historical setting — a solid week of commutes at 9.5 hours (estimated).
About the book
When The Unbearable Lightness of Being was first published in English, it was hailed as ""a work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness"" by critic Elizabeth Hardwick and named one of the best books of 1984 by the New York Times Book Review. It went on to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and quickly became an international bestseller. Twenty years later, the novel has established itself as a modern classic. To commemorate the anniversary of its first English-language publication, HarperCollins is proud to offer a special hardcover edition. A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover -- these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel.
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How long is The unbearable lightness of being as an audiobook?
The unbearable lightness of being runs about 9.5 hours — our estimate from its 320 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
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When was The unbearable lightness of being first published?
The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera was first published in 1984.