Parallel Stories
by Peter Nadas
Buy on AmazonParallel Stories is a 2005 novel in three volumes by the Hungarian writer Péter Nádas. It comprises the installments The Silent Province, In the Depths of the Night, and A Breath of Freedom. The narrative portrays Hungary during the 20th century. The novel took 18 years to write. It was published in English as one volume in 2011.
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