In Shimmering Details, Volume II, Peter Nadas delves deeper into his and his parents' lives during the tumultuous years spanning the rise of Hungarian communism in 1948 to the brutal suppression of the 1956 uprising. Zeroing in on this critical period - which overlapped with the formative years of his childhood - Nadas concludes his monumental history of a family whose own experiences and fortunes are deeply intertwined with two centuries of Hungarian history.
This second volume is a composite portrait of life lived at the nexus of world-historical forces - a jewel-like study that holds up different facets of the human experience to the light of Nadas's singular prose style. What emerges is a memoir of unusual insight and exceptional power. Hailed by Deborah Eisenberg as an "extraordinary writer," Nadas has confirmed his place among Europe's greatest living authors.
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Höhe: 209 mm
Breite: 132 mm
Dicke: 37 mm
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978-1-250-33824-2 (9781250338242)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Péter Nádas was born in Budapest in 1942. Among his works translated into English are the novels Parallel Stories, A Book of Memories, The End of a Family Story, and Love, as well as a collection of stories and essays, Fire and Knowledge; A Lovely Tale of Photography; and Own Death. He lives with his wife in Gombosszeg, in western Hungary.
