Study Guide

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Part 2, Chapter 12

By Milan Kundera

Part 2, Chapter 12

Soon after her fortuitous meeting with Tomas, Tereza takes a week off from waitressing and goes to Prague to find him.
During the train ride, she looks at herself in the mirror and begs her soul not to retreat from the surface of her body.
She started to feel sick and hoped she wasn't coming down with something.
When Tomas opened the door to her, her stomach began rumbling. She was terribly embarrassed, but Tomas kissed her and they ended up making love.
Tereza had a fever and quickly showed symptoms of the flu.
The second time she came to Prague, Tereza brought with her a heavy suitcase. She brought all her stuff, determined never to return to her small home-town.
She kept Anna Karenina under her arm as she traveled. She considered the novel her ticket into Tomas's world.
Again, she went over to his place and they made love.

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