by Péter Esterházy · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070761524
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«Harmonia cælestis» is Péter Esterházy's family novel, published by Gallimard in paperback (608 pages, in French).
A monumental, partly autobiographical novel spanning several centuries of the Esterházy family history through episodes featuring «my father», without ever naming the Esterházy surname. It combines 371 numbered sentences with passages of family confession, interweaving real and fictional history, with an ironic, vitalist tone.
French edition published in 2001 in the «Du monde entier» collection, translated from Hungarian.
For readers of historical and experimental fiction interested in contemporary Hungarian and European literature.
Péter Esterházy was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He was called a "leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature", and his books were considered to be significant contributions to post-war literature.
