It is about a main story, which is the sudden death of Agnes, whose sister Laura soon took her place in the life of her husband, Paul. Kundera builds several secondary stories: the story of Goethe, Hemingway, and Kundera himself, in addition to other characters, as the writer tells us about the immortality of the being and his work.
These compact narratives, which are characterized by clarity and smoothness, derive their significance from the totality of the novel, and deal with many topics related to the stakes of the characters, those topics dear to Kundera such as time, eternity, love, beauty, image, pleasure and identity...
Immortality is of rare depth, brimming with wit and humor. It embodies the art of Kundera at its finest, a brilliant novelist who balances classicism and modernity and skillfully decodes our age that combines decadence and transcendence. 399 pages
