Parallel stories a novel péter nádas books

Hungarian novelist, essayist, and dramatist, a major central european literary figure. Although this books title hints at a relatively simple and precise geometry, parallel stories is actually a hugely ambitious, breathtakingly. This colossal novel is unstintingly complex in its style and subject matter. Parallel stories reads like a series of halfremembered dreams and occasional nightmares and it seems to contain the entirety of 20th century europe. Like both of these books, ps is partly a historical novel which tries to make sense of both recent events and the. Parallel stories may be bigger, but it is the weaker book.

Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. When i got back, i couldnt wait to get back into it, and i had learned a lot more about budapest and hungary in the meantime. Of course, its not nadass fault that sontag was delusional, and while i wasnt bowled over by a book of memories, it was a merciful 700 pages in. At its best, parallel stories achieves a spectacular mix of history and personality, with the scenes of historical fiction being easily among the best writing in the book. A new york times notable book for 2011 in 1989, the year the wall came down, a university student in berlin on. The agendas of three european men with dubious political histories converge.

Parhuzamos tortenetek is a 2005 novel in three volumes by the hungarian writer peter nadas. Parallel stories, by the hungarian novelist peter nadas, explores the lives of numerous characters as their experiences unfold during the tumultuous history of 20thcentury europe. Gone are the wistful, elegiac confessions, the long and languorous sentences of a book of memories, nadass previous novel. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. There can have been few so adamantly bisexual novels.

Over and again, its apparently straight characters feel the tug of samesex attraction. He is forced, in doing so, to jump from the beastly self. This scene opens a novel of extraordinary scope and depth. For the most part, however, parallel stories is a series of closeups that could have benefitted from the occasional panning shot. A new york times notable book for 2011 in 1989, the year the wa. Editor elisabeth sifton writes, after his last novel, a book of memories, appeared in english in 1997, many critics and.

Parallel stories, formidable in its lengthover 1,000 pages both in the original. A novel by nadas, peter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Among his works translated into english are the novels a book of memories, the end of a family story, and love. I was halfway through reading parallel stories, the monumental novel by hungarian author peter nadas, when i took a twoweek trip to budapest and i didnt want to lug the big book around. In 1989, the year the wall came down, a university student in berlin on his morning run finds a corpse on a park bench and alerts the authorities. Parallel stories book charlotte mecklenburg library.

Among his works translated into english are the novels a book of memories fsg, 1997, the end of a family story fsg, 1998, and love fsg, 2000. A robust epic of a mitteleuropa lurching out of totalitarianism into. Published in the print edition of the january 30, 2012. A new york times notable book for 2011 in 1989, the year the wall came down, a university student in berlin on his morning run finds a corpse on a park bench and. Among his works translated into english are the novels a book of memories fsg, 1997, the end of a family story fsg, 1998, and love fsg. A new york times notable book for 2011 in 1989, the year the wall came down, a university student in berlin on his morning run finds a corpse. The outer shell of hungarian author peter nadass ambitious tale concerns a nameless. Other articles where parallel stories is discussed.