THE THIRD LIE

by Agota Kristof ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1996

The concluding volume to the Hungarian-born author's trilogy recording the fates of twin brothers (in The Notebook, 1988, and The Proof, 1991) throughout WW II and its aftermath. As do its predecessors, this novel suffers from coarseness and overexplicitness (not to mention its crippling indebtedness to Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird), though its concentration on (the more introverted twin) Lucas's determination to retrieve and redeem his humanity gives the trilogy welcome substance and increases the suggestive power of a climactic revelation that brings the brothers' relationship, and indeed their very identity, into disturbing new perspective.

Pub Date: April 1, 1996

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 160

Publisher: Grove

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 1996

Categories: FICTION