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In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
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Novelist
Playwright
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University Teacher
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Brünn
Auras
Lightness
Dissolution
Unbearable
Nostalgia
Sunset
Guillotine
Everything
Illuminated
Even
Aura

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