by Agota Kristof · ISBN 9782020099127
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In a country devastated by war, two young twins are left in the care of their grandmother, a woman nicknamed 'witch' who lives in extreme poverty. To survive in this hostile environment, the twins embark on a process of physical and emotional hardening, documenting their experiences in a notebook. Through a series of exercises and observations, they learn to suppress their feelings and adapt to the brutality around them, developing a worldview devoid of illusions.
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.
