The End of a Family Story, written before A Book of Memories, is set in Hungary in the 1950s, when Stalinist has reduced the populace to silence and deception. An old man, refusing to submit to these implacable realities, flees to his memories of the past, in which he believes he can still find redemption. For his grandson, he invents a fantastic tapestry of stories, a family saga, a fabulous world of myths and legends. That is one family story. Another, more urgent and immediate, is engaging both the storyteller and the ...
Read More
The End of a Family Story, written before A Book of Memories, is set in Hungary in the 1950s, when Stalinist has reduced the populace to silence and deception. An old man, refusing to submit to these implacable realities, flees to his memories of the past, in which he believes he can still find redemption. For his grandson, he invents a fantastic tapestry of stories, a family saga, a fabulous world of myths and legends. That is one family story. Another, more urgent and immediate, is engaging both the storyteller and the boy. The authorities condemn as a traitor the son of one and father of the other, and then they come searching for the boy, who is the narrator of this extraordinary fiction. But the boy has been liberated into sincerity and freedom by his grandfather's stories, and he feels himself empowered to give dark and passionate testimony to the alienation, treason, sexual energies, and complex truth-telling of the adult world that confronts him. Finally he begins to understand how other kinds of family stories will end. Myth, history, and political realities are wonderfully synthesized in this inspired, radiantly beautiful novel by one of the greatest living writers.
Read Less
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $10.71, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Vintage.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $13.75, very good condition, Sold by Zephyrus Books, IOBA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wilmington, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x8; Gift inscription inked inside on first blank page. Light wear overall. Otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image. 245 pages.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $18.95, very good condition, Sold by Becker's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrrar, Sraus, And Giroux.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $19.04, new condition, Sold by OceanWaveBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newbury Park, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Vintage.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by The Hermitage Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Denver, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $29.01, like new condition, Sold by Robin Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kingston, ON, CANADA, published 1998 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine. Fine Very light shelf wear to dust jacket, otherwise like new Quality Books Because We Care-Shipped from Canada Usually ships within 1-2 business days If you buy this book from us, we will donate a book to a local school We donate 10, 000+ books to local schools every year.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story (First American Edition) to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Dan Pope Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from WEST Hartford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. New York, FSG, 1998. First American edition. First printing. Hardbound. Near Fine in a near fine jacket. Some wear to head and foot of spine. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($23.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. A novel.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $38.63, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Vintage.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $42.00, like new condition, Sold by Flips Fine Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Greensboro, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine copy. Translated from the Hungarian by Imre Goldstein. 8 1/4"x 5 3/8" trade pbk, illus cover, laminate on verso, 244 pgs; pub info on back; an uncommon edition. book design by Jonathan D. Lippincott.
Add this copy of The End of a Family Story to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good jacket. New York. 1998. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374148325. Translated from the Hungarian by Imre Goldstein. 245 pages. hardcover. Jacket art: ‘Seated Nude' by Zoran Music. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. keywords: Europe Hungary Literature Translated Eastern Europe World Literature. DESCRIPTION-It is the 1950s, in Hungary, when Stalinist repression has reduced the populace to silence and deception. The narrator, a young boy, lives alone with his grandparents. His rebellious, talkative grandfather, refusing to submit to the implacable realities, flees to his memories of the past, in which he believes he can still find redemption, and for his grandson, he weaves a fantastic tapestry of stories of family sagas. His myths and legends depict the luxuriant history of a family with both Christian and Jewish roots, and of a people who, having denied the Messiah, must legitimate their faith and expiate their sins over thousands of years. And, as he talks, he teaches the boy that, however wild and wondrous the stories may seem, every sentence in them is 'a unit of truth. ' Simultaneously, another terrible story is engaging both the storyteller and the boy. Together they realize that the boy's father, a government official, has betrayed his family and friends, and is now being named a traitor by the authorities. Liberated into sincerity and freedom by his grandfather's stories, the boy gives dark and passionate testimony to the alienation and treason of a sinister adult world. And finally we see how his family story will end. inventory #30258.
