True or not, the story echoes themes of guilt, betrayal and self-interest found in Mr Kundera’s own work, such as “unbearable lightness” (dodged but burdensome responsibility). In “The Owner of the Keys”, a play published in 1962, the hero kills a witness who sees him sheltering a former lover from the Gestapo.
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize shortlist
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They've announced the shortlist for this year's Ursula K. Le Guin
Prize for Fiction, a US$25,000 prize for "a single work of imaginative
fiction". T...
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