Milan Kundera: the unbearable lightness of decluttering

Around 3,000 author copies of Milan Kundera’s books, originally kept in his Paris flat, are now available at a new library in his native Czech city of Brno. Photo: AFP

Milan Kundera has had a bit of a clear-out after his wife had a dream.

The author of The Unbearable Lightness Of Being has gone full Marie Kondo, emptying the shelves of his Paris apartment of 3,000 of his own books.