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The novel opens in newly reunified berlin where dohring, a student. First published in hungary in 1986 after a fiveyear battle with censors, peter nadass a book of memories is a modern classic, a multilayered narrative that tells three parallel stories of love and betrayal. Parallel stories, formidable in its lengthover 1,000 pages both in the original hungarian and the english translationand its variety of. Despite being much longer, on the whole this one is far less dense. Whereas tolstoy created a gallery of richly drawn characters caught in the sweep of history, peter nadas. The web of extended dramas in parallel stories reaches not just forward to the transformative year of 1989 but back to the spring of 1939, with europe trembling on the edge of war. Click download or read online button to get the big thirst book now. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. A robust epic of a mitteleuropa lurching out of totalitarianism into. The usage has been extended to encompass a means of identification of racing greyhounds. A new york times notable book for 2011 in 1989, the year the wall came down.
Parallel stories is impressive from moment to moment, but the accumulation of those moments impedes nadas push toward a resonant conclusion. Originally, a system for the identification of criminals making use of anthropometric measurements including head size, arm span, scars, distinguishing features and the like. When was the last time a novel made you painfully more aware of your. A new york times notable book for 2011 a onceinageneration literary event. This is peter nadass masterpieceeighteen years in the writing, a sensation in hungary even before it was published, and almost four years in the translating.
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