 1997 paperback book cover | |
The Notebook (1986), The Proof (1988), and The Third Lie (1991) | |
| Author | Ágota Kristóf |
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| Translator | Alan Sheridan, David Watson, and Marc Romano |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Published in English | 1997 |
| Media type | Print, E-book, Audio |
| No. of books | Three in one volume |
| OCLC | 36739625 |
| Website | Publisher's website |
The Notebook Trilogy is a collection of books by Hungarian writer Ágota Kristóf, written in the French language. It tells the story of originally unnamed identical-twin brothers who live with their grandmother in a small village and border town of a war-torn country during an unspecified war. Throughout their journey, the boys express a singularly naïve ethical stance that is simultaneously amoral and generous. The second and third books reveal the names of the twins as Claus and Lucas. The setting in the first and second novels is most likely a fictitious Hungarian village and the unspecified war is believed to be World War II.[1][2]