Two articles appeared in The New York Times recently about the famous contemporary Hungarian writer Péter Nádas, and the Book Review special of the prestigious daily listed the novel Parallel Stories by Nádas among the 100 notable books of the year. The critics say that Parallel Stories is a masterpiece, though they also note that the story is extremely tough and the reader might easily get lost in it. While writing the book, Nádas aimed at presenting the individual stories without expressedly binding them together despite the fact that the characters - who hardly know each other - interfere as deep as possible in each other's life.

Parallel Stories by Péter Nádas is available in English in the web shop of Hungaropress where you may also find other novels from the author in English.