On being in a foreign country

Paulo Henrique Lemos
Up to a Point
Published in
Dec 15, 2020

Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has his family, colleagues, and friends, and where he can easily say what he has to say in a language he has known from childhood.

— Milan Kundera, in “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”.

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