Description
In the aftermath of a death tied to the upheavals of 1989, three European men—each carrying a complicated political past—find their lives drawn into uneasy convergence. As their stories unfold in parallel, the novel traces how personal choices and public ideologies ripple outward, shaping the fates of Hungarians, Jews, Germans, and Roma across the brutal mid-twentieth century. With a sweeping, morally charged lens, it explores memory, complicity, and the long shadow of history—where private motives collide with collective catastrophe. Written in Péter Nádas’s distinctive, richly layered style, the book blends intimate observation with expansive historical reach, inviting readers to consider how truth is assembled from fragments of lives lived under pressure.
Available Editions
paperback
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published Jan 1, 2010
1133 pages
ISBN: 9780374229764
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Details
First Published
2011
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Parallel Stories by Péter Nádas.