When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him… - Milan Kundera

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When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed.

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Milan Kundera (1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Franco-Czech novelist born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).

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When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed. - Milan Kundera

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