by Agota Kristof · POINTS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020239264
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«Le Grand Cahier» is the novel by Agota Kristof, published by Points in paperback (183 pages, in French).
In a country devastated by war, twins go to live with their grandmother, an illiterate, miserly and violent old woman. Left to their own devices, they record their learning and their faults in a large notebook. The childlike gaze of the protagonists and the cruel tone make the novel a fable about war, totalitarianism and the loss of innocence.
First installment of Agota Kristof's trilogy «La trilogie des jumeaux», completed by «La Preuve» and «Le Troisième Mensonge». The novel was originally published in 1986.
For readers of literary fiction seeking a fable about childhood in wartime, narrated with black humor.
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.
