by Agota Kristof · Piper Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783492249027
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Die Analphabetin is a moving autobiography by Agota Kristof, where she recounts her childhood in Hungary, her difficult adaptation to French-speaking Switzerland after fleeing the communist regime in 1956, and her struggle to master a new language. Through simple and direct prose, Kristof reflects on identity, uprooting, and the power of the word. A story of overcoming and resilience that explores the experience of being a foreigner and the search for a place in the world.
Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for Le Grand Cahier. It was followed by two sequels which are collectively The Notebook Trilogy. She won the 2001 Gottfried Keller Award in Switzerland and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2008.
