"Slowness," the seventh novel by Milan Kundera, tells two parallel love stories; one set in the 18th century, characterized by liberation and openness, and the other in our time, marked by speed and irony.

In this novel, the author invites us to be aware of the secret connection between slowness and memory, and how speed relates to forgetting. Kundera argues that in a world increasingly driven by speed, we have lost the memory that leads to pleasure and enables us to enjoy living in the present.

Kundera highlights the concept of modern love relationships, which no longer embody intimate feelings between two individuals, but rather an artificial performance in front of others. In this sense, the novel reflects on redefining the boundaries between the intimate and private versus the public sphere in a world dominated by speed and haste.

In this work, we find the elements of strangeness, lightness, and humor, which define Kundera's style, alongside his views on the world, politics, intellectuals, media, love, desire, and sexual liberation; themes dear to this great writer.