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“Writing is the most important thing.”

The Notebook by Agota Kristof

The Proof by Agota Kristof

The Third Lie by Agota Kristof

April 28, 2021 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

This trilogy by Hungarian writer Agota Kristof is simply amazing. I read through the three novels quickly, and I’m still reeling from the story she tells about twin brothers who endured violence and privation in WWII, separation during the Cold War, and a troubling reunion afterward. Certainly, these novels can be read as the story of a divided and reunified Europe. They were written in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Soviet Union was in dissolution and the wall came down in Berlin. How […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Agota Kristof, CBR13, ElCicco, Fiction, The Notebook, the proof, The Third Lie

ElCicco's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Agota Kristof, CBR13, ElCicco, Fiction, The Notebook, the proof, The Third Lie ·
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I don’t want to fight anyone. I have no enemies. I want to go home.

The Notebook by Agota Kristoff

The Proof by Agota Kristoff

The Third Lie by Agota Kristoff

February 5, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Book 1 – The Notebook So I don’t really know much about Agota Kristof, so I will have to fill in as I go and learn a little more. But she’s Hungarian by birth and writes in France, to where she immigrated when she was about 20. She’s also as much known for drama and for fiction. This first of the three novels is relatively short, and especially notable for being quite sparse in its narration and detail, and written from an undistinguished collective voice […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Agota Kristoff, The Notebook, the proof, The Third Lie, The Twins Trilogy

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:73 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Agota Kristoff, The Notebook, the proof, The Third Lie, The Twins Trilogy ·
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A head of the game

September 27, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I am on a speculation site right now for potential Nobel Prize winners this coming week. There’s some chatter about Latin America (especially South America) this time around. I don’t think that’s going to happen because I would expect a writer from sub-Saharan Africa or east Asia/south Asia this time, and most likely a woman to win. But so it goes. Among the names is Cesar Aira. He is from Argentina and has been writing and publishing for about 30 years or so and has […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cesar aira, the little buddhist monk, the proof

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:385 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cesar aira, the little buddhist monk, the proof ·
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