A Book of Memories
First edition | |
| Author | Péter Nádas |
|---|---|
| Original title | Emlékiratok könyve |
| Translator | Ivan Sanders Imre Goldstein |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Publisher | Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó |
Publication date | 1986 |
| Publication place | Hungary |
Published in English | 1997 |
| Pages | 534 |
| ISBN | 978-963-15-3232-6 |
A Book of Memories (Hungarian: Emlékiratok könyve) is a 1986 novel by the Hungarian writer Péter Nádas. The narrative follows a Hungarian novelist involved in a romantic triangle in East Berlin; interwoven with the main story are sections of a novel the main character is writing, about a German novelist at the turn of the century.
An English translation by Ivan Sanders and Imre Goldstein was published in 1997 through Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The novel won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 1998.