Identity (Milan Kundera Series)

Author: Milan Kundera
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: At the age of sixteen or seventeen, she was particularly fond of a metaphor; was it one she had come up with herself, heard, or read somewhere? It didn’t matter. She wanted to become a rose scent, a fragrance that spread everywhere, to conquer. She hoped to penetrate all men through this and, through them, embrace the entire world. The scent of a spreading rose: that was the metaphor for a fling. This metaphor bloomed as she was about to come of age, like a romantic promise of gently mingling with men, an invitation to a journey through all of them. However, she was naturally not the type to frequently change partners, and this vague, lyrical dream soon fell asleep in her peaceful and happy marriage.