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Book of Memories : A Novel by Peter Nadas (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Book of Memories, Paperback by Nadas, Peter; Sanders, Ivan (TRN); Goldstein, Imre (TRN), ISBN 0312427964, ISBN-13 9780312427962, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A psychological novel about the memory of things in Europe's recent past interweaves the first-person narratives of a young Hungarian writer, his literary creation--an egomaniacal Marxist and aesthete--and his childhood friend. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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PublisherPicador

ISBN-100312427964

ISBN-139780312427962

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Book TitleBook of Memories : a Novel

Number of Pages720 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary

Publication Year2008

GenreFiction

AuthorPeter Nadas

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight20.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Dewey Edition21

Reviews"The greatest novel written in our time, and one of the great books of the century." -- Susan Sontag "A vast, astonishing, reverberant novel . . . It is a comprehensive and all-comprehending book about politics, sex, art, history, psychology, mortality, and memory." -- Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe "A huge philosophically complex, sensuously textured novel." -- Eva Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review "A magnum opus . . . [Nádas] articulates erotic experience with surpassing precision and grace. . . . There is great beauty to the writing." -- Susan Miron, The Wall Street Journal "There is a wealth of accomplishment in A Book of Memories . It is an epic and immensely fertile exploration of contemporary history and sensibility." -- Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times "A superb achievement, by a world-class writer." -- Susan Ruben Suleiman, The Village Voice " A Book of Memories will endure as a great moral expression of the European crucible of public and private souls, genuinely worthy of Proust, Henry James, Musil, and Mann as an authoritative testimony to the intellectual and emotional lives of an epoch." -- The Seattle Times, A vast, astonishing, reverberant novel . . . It is a comprehensive and all-comprehending book about politics, sex, art, history, psychology, mortality, and memory., There is a wealth of accomplishment in A Book of Memories . It is an epic and immensely fertile exploration of contemporary history and sensibility., "The greatest novel written in our time, and one of the great books of the century."--Susan Sontag "A vast, astonishing, reverberant novel . . . It is a comprehensive and all-comprehending book about politics, sex, art, history, psychology, mortality, and memory."--Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe "A huge philosophically complex, sensuously textured novel."--Eva Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review "A magnum opus . . . [Nádas] articulates erotic experience with surpassing precision and grace. . . . There is great beauty to the writing."--Susan Miron, The Wall Street Journal "There is a wealth of accomplishment in A Book of Memories . It is an epic and immensely fertile exploration of contemporary history and sensibility."--Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times "A superb achievement, by a world-class writer."--Susan Ruben Suleiman, The Village Voice " A Book of Memories will endure as a great moral expression of the European crucible of public and private souls, genuinely worthy of Proust, Henry James, Musil, and Mann as an authoritative testimony to the intellectual and emotional lives of an epoch."-- The Seattle Times, A Book of Memories will endure as a great moral expression of the European crucible of public and private souls, genuinely worthy of Proust, Henry James, Musil, and Mann as an authoritative testimony to the intellectual and emotional lives of an epoch., "The greatest novel written in our time, and one of the great books of the century." -- Susan Sontag "A vast, astonishing, reverberant novel . . . It is a comprehensive and all-comprehending book about politics, sex, art, history, psychology, mortality, and memory." -- Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe "A huge philosophically complex, sensuously textured novel." -- Eva Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review "A magnum opus . . . [Ndas] articulates erotic experience with surpassing precision and grace. . . . There is great beauty to the writing." -- Susan Miron, The Wall Street Journal "There is a wealth of accomplishment in A Book of Memories . It is an epic and immensely fertile exploration of contemporary history and sensibility." -- Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times "A superb achievement, by a world-class writer." -- Susan Ruben Suleiman, The Village Voice " A Book of Memories will endure as a great moral expression of the European crucible of public and private souls, genuinely worthy of Proust, Henry James, Musil, and Mann as an authoritative testimony to the intellectual and emotional lives of an epoch." -- The Seattle Times, A magnum opus . . . [Nádas] articulates erotic experience with surpassing precision and grace. . . . There is great beauty to the writing., "The greatest novel written in our time, and one of the great books of the century."--Susan Sontag "A vast, astonishing, reverberant novel . . . It is a comprehensive and all-comprehending book about politics, sex, art, history, psychology, mortality, and memory."--Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe "A huge philosophically complex, sensuously textured novel."--Eva Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review "A magnum opus . . . [Nádas] articulates erotic experience with surpassing precision and grace. . . . There is great beauty to the writing."--Susan Miron, The Wall Street Journal "There is a wealth of accomplishment in A Book of Memories . It is an epic and immensely fertile exploration of contemporary history and sensibility."--Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times "A superb achievement, by a world-class writer."--Susan Ruben Suleiman, The Village Voice " A Book of Memories will endure as a great moral expression of the European crucible of public and private souls, genuinely worthy of Proust, Henry James, Musil, and Mann as an authoritative testimony to the intellectual and emotional lives of an epoch."-- The Seattle Times, "The greatest novel written in our time, and one of the great books of the century."--Susan Sontag "A vast, astonishing, reverberant novel . . . It is a comprehensive and all-comprehending book about politics, sex, art, history, psychology, mortality, and memory."--Richard Dyer,The Boston Globe "A huge philosophically complex, sensuously textured novel."--Eva Hoffman,The New York Times Book Review "A magnum opus . . . [Nádas] articulates erotic experience with surpassing precision and grace. . . . There is great beauty to the writing."--Susan Miron,The Wall Street Journal "There is a wealth of accomplishment inA Book of Memories. It is an epic and immensely fertile exploration of contemporary history and sensibility."--Richard Eder,Los Angeles Times "A superb achievement, by a world-class writer."--Susan Ruben Suleiman,The Village Voice "A Book of Memorieswill endure as a great moral expression of the European crucible of public and private souls, genuinely worthy of Proust, Henry James, Musil, and Mann as an authoritative testimony to the intellectual and emotional lives of an epoch."--The Seattle Times

Dewey Decimal894.5/11/3/34

SynopsisFirst published in Hungary in 1986 after a five-year battle with censors, P ter N das's A Book of Memories is a modern classic, a multi-layered narrative that tells three parallel stories of love and betrayal. The first takes place in East Berlin in the 1970s and features an unnamed Hungarian writer ensnared in a love triangle with a young German and a famous aging actress. The second, composed by the writer, is the story of a late nineteenth century German aesthete whose experiences mirror his own. And the third voice is that of a friend from the writer's childhood, who brings his own unexpected bearing to the story. Compared by critics to Proust, Mann, and Joyce, this sensuous tour de force is "unquestionably a masterpiece" ( The New Republic) ., First published in Hungary in 1986 after a five-year battle with censors, Péter Nádas's A Book of Memories is a modern classic, a multi-layered narrative that tells three parallel stories of love and betrayal. The first takes place in East Berlin in the 1970s and features an unnamed Hungarian writer ensnared in a love triangle with a young German and a famous aging actress. The second, composed by the writer, is the story of a late nineteenth century German aesthete whose experiences mirror his own. And the third voice is that of a friend from the writer's childhood, who brings his own unexpectedbearing to the story. Compared by critics to Proust, Mann, and Joyce, this sensuous tour de force is "unquestionably a masterpiece" ( The New Republic) ., First published in Hungary in 1986 after a five-year battle with censors, Péter Nádas's A Book of Memories is a modern classic, a multi-layered narrative that tells three parallel stories of love and betrayal. The first takes place in East Berlin in the 1970s and features an unnamed Hungarian writer ensnared in a love triangle with a young German and a famous aging actress. The second, composed by the writer, is the story of a late nineteenth century German aesthete whose experiences mirror his own. And the third voice is that of a friend from the writer's childhood, who brings his own unexpected bearing to the story. Compared by critics to Proust, Mann, and Joyce, this sensuous tour de force is "unquestionably a masterpiece" ( The New Republic) .

LC Classification NumberPH3291.N297A2 2008