{"product_id":"9781925240894","title":"The Notebook Trilogy","description":"Author: Kristóf, Ágota\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925240894\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Mar 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 480 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaus and Lucas are twins. Their new life begins when they are left with their grandmother, the 'Witch', in a village in an occupied country. It's wartime. Their angelic looks are deceiving. They are implacable, dangerously ethical; what motivates them is a deeply embedded morality of absolute need.\u003cbr\u003e The trilogy-\u003ci\u003eThe Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Proof\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Third Lie\u003c\/i\u003e-follows their stories from the Second World War, through the years of communism and into a fractured Europe. In what could be seen as an allegory of post-war Europe, the twins become separated and are isolated in different countries. They yearn to be connected again, but perspectives shift, memories diverge, identity becomes unstable...\u003cbr\u003e Written in Kristof 's spare, direct style, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotebook Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the aftereffects of trauma, particularly on children, and of the nature of storytelling. In the tradition of J.M. Coetzee or Herta Muller, these novels explore truth and lies, shaped by a breathtaking artistic vision that is shocking, fascinating and utterly memorable.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Notebook Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e 'An almost lyrical intensity...A fierce and disturbing novel.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A haunting, harrowing tale that lingers in the imagination long after you've turned the last page.' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'I  found it profoundly disturbing, incredibly well-written, and  extraordinarily brave. And the fact that it was written by a woman-it  has a startling brutality and ferocity about the style that I find very  inspiring.' Eimear McBride, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'At the heart of  this acrid trilogy, in all its studied understatement and lack of  portentousness, we can feel the author's slow-burning rage at the  wholesale erasure of certainty and continuity in the world of her  childhood and adolescence. At the same time we sense Kristof saturninely  enjoying this annihilation for its imaginative potential. She will  reassemble a shattered world on her own rigorous terms, and watch us  wince and shudder in the process.' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'In  prose stripped to a bare yet powerful structure, this intense parable  reveals the triumph of literature in a politically repressive state.' \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eThe Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e is a transfixing house of horrors.' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A dark study of the human psyche.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Closing  this chillingly unsentimental novel, I felt that it had contrived to  say absolutely everything about the Second World War and its aftermath  in Central Europe.'\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48165344739486,"sku":"UBD-9781925240894","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925240894.jpg?v=1787134883","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925240894","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}