by Agota Kristof · Alberdania · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788488669490
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«Koaderno handia» is the novel by Agota Kristof, published by Alberdania in paperback (219 pages, in Basque).
Twin brothers, during the Second World War, live with their grandmother, a cruel woman. To resist, they train themselves in writing and behavior: they must record everything objectively, without emotion or judgment, and harden themselves. With prose that imitates a child's gaze, the novel narrates brutality, survival and the loss of innocence.
First installment of the twins trilogy (The Notebook Trilogy) by Agota Kristof. Basque edition translated by Eskarne Mujika Gallastegi (1997); the original «Le grand cahier» is from 1986.
For readers of contemporary fiction and narrative set during the war; suitable from age 14.
Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for Le Grand Cahier. 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.
