Agota Kristof

• Oct-1988
• / General Fiction
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A nightmare fable of Central Europe during World War II. The notebook in question is the composition of two small twin boys evacuated to their greedy, illiterate, foul-tempered grandmother. All around them the strong - including the occupying army ro...

• Nov-1991
• / Literary
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Abandoned by his family during the war and then by his twin brother afterwards, Lucas tries to create a world of good within the police state his country has become, committing humanitarian acts for those on the margins of society...

• Apr-1996
• / Literary
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In the third volume in a critically acclaimed trilogy that also includes The Proof and The Notebook, Claus lies dying in a prison in the town of his birth, reminiscing about the past and his missing twin and haunted by three lies that...

• Jan-1997
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-1997
• / Literary
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These three internationally acclaimed novels have confirmed Agota Kristof's reputation as one of the most provocative exponents of new-wave European fiction. With all the stark simplicity of a fractured fairy tale, the trilogy tells the story of twin...

• Sep-2019
• / Literary
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"Ágota Kristóf packs volumes into this elegant shape-shifting novella. It's simultaneously a sly exploration of storytelling and a powerful narrative about immigration and the pitfalls of starting over in a new country. Yesterday is a necessary and...

• Sep-2024
• / Literary
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Never before translated short stories -- “stark and haunting” (San Francisco Chronicle) -- by the legendary genius Ágota KristófHere, in English at last, is a collection of Ágota Kristóf’s short -- sometimes very short -- stories, which she...