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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Part 6, Chapter 29

By Milan Kundera

Part 6, Chapter 29

What remains in Cambodia, the narrator asks. The answer? A large photograph of an American actress holding an Asian child in her arms.
What remains of Tomas? The inscription on his grave.
What remains of Beethoven? The phrase "es muss sein!"
What remains of Franz? The inscription on his grave.
The narrator then concludes that before we are forgotten, we are turned into kitsch.

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