A Book of Memories Contributor(s): Nádas, Péter (Author), Sanders, Ivan (Translator), Goldstein, Imre (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0312427964 ISBN-13: 9780312427962 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.85 lbs) 720 pages |
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Publisher 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). |
Contributor Bio(s): Nadas, Peter: - 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. |