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The Notebook Trilogy
''The Notebook Trilogy'' is a collection of books by Hungarian writer Ágota Kristóf, written in the French language. It tells the story of originally unnamed identical-twin brothers who live with their grandmother in a small village and border town of a war-torn country during an unspecified war. Throughout their journey, the boys express a singularly naïve ethical stance that is simultaneously amoral and generous. The second and third books reveal the names of the twins as Claus and Lucas. The setting in the first and second novels is most likely a fictitious Hungarian village and the unspecified war is believed to be World War II. Plot summary Twin boys Claus and Lucas go with their mother to live with their grandmother in the countryside. While living in their grandmother's village, the boys witness and experience a number of horrors related both to war and to the darkness that exists within those around them. Unburdened by moral precepts, the brothers survive using their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágota Kristóf
Ágota Kristóf (; 30 October 1935 – 27 July 2011) was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" (Prix Europe, a.k.a. Prix Littéraire Europe, Grand Prix Littéraire Européen) from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for ''Le Grand Cahier'' (1986; later translated into English as ''The Notebook''). It was followed by two sequels which are collectively The Notebook Trilogy. She won the 2001 Gottfried Keller Award in Switzerland and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2008. Early life Ágota Kristóf was born in Csikvánd, Hungary on 30 October 1935. Her parents were Kálmán Kristóf, an elementary school teacher and Antónia Turchányi, a professor of arts. At the age of 21 she had to leave her country when the Hungarian anti-communist revolution was suppressed by the Soviet military. She, her husband (who used to be her history teacher at school) and their 4-month-old daughter esca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |