Many of the new characters are interesting, and many of them show kindness, the pure kind of kindness towards unrelated people that human beings are capable of, during times of great difficulty. The story takes us to the 1956 rebellion in Hungary against Soviet occupation and goes beyond that too. New characters make an appearance in the story, as we follow the events of what happens in this small town after Hungary’s occupation by the Soviet Union after the Second World War. We see the events unfold from the point of view of one of the twins. But Ágota Kristóf dispenses with Rule #2 : ‘No Names’, and gives names to all the characters. The second part ‘ The Proof‘, continues the story from the first part. The English translations of these two books are published by Grove Press, an indie publisher based out of New York. I read this for #ReadIndies hosted by Kaggsy from Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings and Lizzy from Lizzy’s Literary Life. Just finished reading the third and final part. I decided to read the second and third parts of Ágota Kristóf’s trilogy, ‘ The Proof‘ and ‘ The Third Lie‘, and write about them together.
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