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Péter Nádas

Born

in Budapest, Hungary

October 14, 1942

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, magical realism

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Hungarian novelist, essayist, and dramatist, a major central European literary figure. Nádas made his international breakthrough with the monumental novel A Book of Memories (1986), a psychological novel following the tradition of Proust, Thomas Mann, and magic realism.

Péter Nádas was born in Budapest, as the son of a high-ranking party functionary. Nádas's grandfather, Moritz Grünfeld, changed his name into Hungarian, which was considered a scandal in the family. Nádas's youth was shadowed by the loss of his parents. Nádas's mother died of cancer when he was young and his father committed suicide. At the age of 16 his uncle gave him a camera, and after dropping out of school Nádas turned to photojournalism. During the late 1960s and early ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 3,838 ratings · 496 reviews · 105 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Book of Memories by Péter Nádas, Ivan Sanders (Translator), Imre Goldstein 4.06 avg rating — 658 ratings — published 1986 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parallel Stories by Péter Nádas, Imre Goldstein (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 2005 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of a Family Story by Péter Nádas, Péter Nádas 3.51 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 1977 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Biblia 3.91 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Own Death by Péter Nádas, Janos Solomon (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2002 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rémtörténetek 3.89 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Párhuzamos történetek 1. A néma tartomány 3.88 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love by Péter Nádas, Imre Goldstein (Translator) 2.94 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1979 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Világló részletek I-II. 4.51 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Párhuzamos történetek 2. Az éjszaka legmélyén 4.23 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Péter Nádas (?)

“if one could learn the most important things in life, one would still have to learn how to keep quiet about them.”
― Péter Nádas, A Book of Memories

tags: happy-camping, happy-playgounds

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“By fantasizing one builds a more predictable world, and then one has no time to notice what is really happening, because of the din made by one's expectations crashing down.”
― Peter Nadas, Parallel Stories: A Novel

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“Hardly anything remained of which he could speak aloud.”
― Peter Nadas, Parallel Stories: A Novel

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Roman eines Schicksallosen Imre Kertész

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Das Ende Attila Bartis

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