A Book of Memories A Novel |
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Author:
| Nadas, Peter |
Translator:
| Sanders, Ivan Goldstein, Imre |
ISBN: | 978-0-312-42796-2 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
Publisher: | Picador
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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First published in Hungary in 1986 after a five-year battle with censors, Péter Nádas'sA Book of Memoriesis a modern classic, a multi-layered narrative that tells three parallel stories of love and betrayal. The first takes place in East Berlin in the 1970s and features an unnamed Hungarian writer ensnared in a love triangle with a young German and a famous aging actress. The second, composed by the writer, is the story of a late nineteenth century German aesthete whose...
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First published in Hungary in 1986 after a five-year battle with censors, Péter Nádas'sA Book of Memoriesis a modern classic, a multi-layered narrative that tells three parallel stories of love and betrayal. The first takes place in East Berlin in the 1970s and features an unnamed Hungarian writer ensnared in a love triangle with a young German and a famous aging actress. The second, composed by the writer, is the story of a late nineteenth century German aesthete whose experiences mirror his own. And the third voice is that of a friend from the writer's childhood, who brings his own unexpectedbearing to the story. Compared by critics to Proust, Mann, and Joyce, this sensuous tour de force is "unquestionably a masterpiece" (The New Republic).