| The Notebook: The Proof ; the Third Lie : Three Novels | 
 enlarge | Authors: Agota Kristof, Alan Sheridan, David Watson, Marc Romano
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
Buy New: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 125487
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reissue
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0802135064
Dewey Decimal Number: 843.914
EAN: 9780802135063
ASIN: 0802135064
Publication Date: June 23, 1997
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A real discovery May 17, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was chosen for discussion in our French literature group. It is one of the rare books where everyone was in agreement, about the power of the writing and the impact it had on us. It can be read in a couple of hours, but the resonance lingers. The author writes in a very simplistic style, but her portrayal of the characters is extraordinary. It is hard-hitting, but at the same time, a very humane book. It was one of the rarest of rare books that touched everyone in our discussion group.
Beyond Postmodern: Kristof's "The Notebook" October 20, 1998
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
"the Notebook" is one of the most powerful books I have ever read, and it is written the way books should be: easy to read, engaging, to the point, short, and thoroughly thought-provoking. When you are done with "The Notebook", it forces you to sit and ponder what you have just read. The book really twists the conventions of the first person narrative, so that even though the narrator(s) are thoroughly convincing, you are not sure what to believe. This convention also makes the narrators' often immoral and reprehensible acts believable and understandable. This only adds to the moral conundrum of this story, a cunundrum that is at the heart of war-time life.I first read this in 1994; I'm extremely happy to see it finally in print again, and with the two sequels thrown in as well. A terrific and engaging novel!
The reader never know which is real or lie. April 2, 1998
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
The story took place around 1938 to 1945, a twins living in the borderland between Hungary and Austria. They should help their grandmother in daytime, when no need to do this, they do some exercises: such as fright together, insult each other.... to train themselves become more cruelty, inhumanity and immoral. One day, in order to break through border wall, they let they father to die from explosion of mine and then find a safety way to get into another country. One of them leave .......... At last, Kristof overthrows and says the previous context was only the imaginary story from one ( maybe both ) of this twins. There is too much paradox, because it is a story of truth, imagine and lie. The reader never know which is real or lie.
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