Trilogy by Agota Kristof

[Sally Brown]

"The Notebook; The Proof; the Third Lie"

It is a wonderful trilogy of Agota Kristof, born in Hungary, a refugee in Switzerland.
Topics are schizophrenia, exile, gap between two different cultures and two different languages (she writes in French, which isn't her native language).
The twins Klaus and Lukas (they are in anagram, you noted, and sometimes in the tail you should wonder if they are the same person ...) write their incredible life in a notebook (1st novel), they have to pass a proof (2nd), and then there is a parallel - false, true or misleading? - plot (3rd).

This is an interesting strange book: someone said it is "stark and haunting". I agree...

Bye,
Sally

[Koa]

I've never heard of this author but I really wish to read stuff by Hungarian writers...I'll add this to the list.
Btw, is Agota Kristof her real name???

[Sally Brown]

Hi Koa, hi all of you,

yes, Agota Kristof is her real name. :nod:

She is published by Einaudi, in Italy, and you can buy her books in our bookshops, or on the web:
http://www.internetbookshop.it/ser/serpge.asp?Type=ExactAuthor&Search=Kristof+Agota

There's also a Silvio Soldini's movie by a Kristof's book ("Ieri"*): "Brucio nel vento"** .

I wonder if she is known in the U.S.A. too.
Let me know, please. :confused:

Bye,
Sally


* "Yesterday"
** "Burning In The Wind"