The End of a Family Story

The End of a Family Story (Hungarian: Egy családregény vége) is a 1977 novel by the Hungarian writer Péter Nádas. The narrative follows a boy who grows up in Hungary in the 1950s, and whose grandfather tells him stories about their family's past. The prose frequently shifts in form and perspective. An English translation by Imre Goldstein was published in 1998 through Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[1]

The End of a Family Story
First edition
AuthorPéter Nádas
Original titleEgy családregény vége
TranslatorImre Goldstein
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian
PublisherSzépirodalmi Könyvkiadó
Publication date
1977
Published in English
1998
Pages230
ISBN978-963-15-0784-3

Reception

Ken Kalfus reviewed the book for The New York Times, and wrote that its "tediousness is as profound as the themes it seeks to engage." Kalfus continued: "The difficulty -- no, impenetrability -- of this novel probably cannot be laid to the translator, Imre Goldstein, who collaborated on the more lucid translation of A Book of Memories. Here Nadas's method of telling -- or not telling -- a story does not seem to be dependent on the translator's choice of words. Regardless of whose words they are, the structure that encloses them fails to intensify their emotional charge."[1]

See also

References
  1. Kalfus, Ken (1998-11-22). "Rationed Indents". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
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