{"product_id":"shimmering-details-volume-i-a-memoir-9781250338235","title":"Shimmering Details, Volume I: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe magnum opus of one of Europe's greatest living writers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When telling one's life story to someone else one manufactures not chronicles but legends for oneself,\" Péter Nádas writes in his fiction masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eParallel Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, in his illuminating memoir, \u003ci\u003eShimmering Details\u003c\/i\u003e, the renowned author investigates what it means to reconstruct a life without recourse to the techniques and embellishments of traditional storytelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking his firmly embedded memories--the \"shimmering details\" that give this work its title--as his starting point, Nádas dissects them using a method inspired by Freudian dream interpretation. Sounds, scenes, smells, feelings--all are probed for details that might allow him to reconstruct what happened, and when and where. To avoid conscious or unconscious distortions, he deconstructs the stories of others, too--moving in concentric circles toward cause and effect, until their meaning and significance come to light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShimmering Details, Volume I\u003c\/i\u003e, Nádas probes the history of his family from the late nineteenth century to his birth in 1942 and beyond. In a work that encompasses World War II and the Hungarian Revolution, Nádas traces the hidden connections between the seemingly random events of a life and assembles them into a memoir like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePéter Nádas\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Budapest in 1942. Among his works translated into English are the novels \u003ci\u003eParallel Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Book of Memories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End of a Family Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a collection of stories and essays, \u003ci\u003eFire and Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Lovely Tale of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOwn Death\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife in Gombosszeg, in western Hungary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Sollosy \u003c\/b\u003eis an editor, an academic, and a literary translator who is best known for her translations of the contemporary Hungarian authors Péter Esterházy, Mihály Kornis, Péter Nádas, and István Örkény. Her own writing on translation has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePEN America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901234417938,"sku":"9781250338235","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e448ce0-7523-4a21-8088-c665c87d2f66.jpg?v=1774449863","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shimmering-details-volume-i-a-memoir-9781250338235","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}