Acclaimed Hungarian novelist Peter Nadas weaves together three voices to blow the history of his country wide open.A Book of Memories is made up of three first-person narratives-The first, that of a young Hungarian writer and his fated love for a German poet; we also learn of the narrator’s adolescence in Budapest, when he experiences the downfall of his once upper-class but now pro-Communist family.A second memoir, alternating with the first, is a novel the narrator is composing about a refined Belle Epoque aesthete, whose anti-bourgeois transgressions seem like emotionally overcharged versions of the narrator’s own experiences.A third voice is that of a childhood friend who, after the narrator’s return to his homeland, offers an apparently more objective account of their friendship.Together these brilliantly coloured lives are integrated into a powerful work of tragic intensity. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Be the first to review “A Book Of Memories” Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Your rating * Rate… Perfect Good Average Not that bad Very poor Your review *Name * Email * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
