Description
First published in Hungary in 1986 after a five-year battle with censors, P ter N das's A Book of Memories is 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 unexpected bearing to the story. Compared by critics to Proust, Mann, and Joyce, this sensuous tour de force is unquestionably a masterpiece (The New Republic).
Author: Péter Nádas
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.70d
ISBN13: 9780312427962
ISBN10: 0312427964
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | World Literature | Hungary
About the Author
Péter Nádas is the author of the novels A Book of Memories, The End of a Family Story, and Love. He lives in Gombosszeg, in western Hungary.