Milan Kundera quote about language from The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has his family, colleagues, and friends, and where he can easily say what he has to say in a language he has known from childhood.
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“ Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has his family, colleagues, and friends, and where he can easily say what he has to say in a language he has known from childhood. ”
 Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984). copy citation

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Author Milan Kundera
Source The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Topic language family foreigners
Date 1984
Language English
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Note Translated by Michael Henry Heim
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Milan Kundera quote about language from The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has his family, colleagues, and friends, and where he can easily say what he has to say in a language he has known from childhood.
Milan Kundera quote about language from The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has his family, colleagues, and friends, and where he can easily say what he has to say in a language he has known from childhood.