Literary legend, a bit messed up in the head, wrestled with inside demons and outside oppression, exposed all sorts of aspects of the human condition, tackled what it meant to be alive in this world, lost his birthright, got it back, became a communist, was expelled, became a communist again, was expelled again, exposed the communist machine, and wrote some of the finest novels ever put on paper. He wrote my favorite modern book (The Joke) and another of his books inspired one of my two favorite movies of all time (Unbearable Lightness of Being.) In my opinion, up until he passed away he was the greatest living author.
He mattered and I am thankful for what he added to the world.
