Celestial Harmonies

Péter Esterházy · 1950–2016 · Hungary

Originally Harmonia Caelestis (Hungarian)

Why it matters

A celebration of the author's aristocratic father's legacy is radically rewritten after the discovery that he had informed for the secret police. Postmodern family chronicle turned into an act of reckoning.

At a glance

Fragmented, aphoristic vignettes spanning centuries with a deliberately unstable narrative frame.