CELESTIAL HARMONIES. by Peter Esterhazy translated by Judith Sollosy. BUY NOW FROM. AMAZON BARNES NOBLE GET WEEKLY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Email Address Subscribe. Tweet. KIRKUS REVIEW. Heir to a famous name, Esterházy . Celestial Harmonies is the intricate chronicle of this remarkable family, a story spanning seven centuries of epic conquest, tragedy, triumph, and near annihilation. Told by Péter Esterházy, a scion of this populous family, Celestial Harmonies unfolds in two parts, revealing two versions of the Esterházy story. Book One is a compilation of short passages about the Esterházy men, sons reflecting on their /5(9). · Celestial Harmonies packs more historical events than any other novel I have seen, all Skip to main content. Currently Reading. Book Review: Celestial Harmonies by Péter Esterházy.
Péter Esterházy has 83 books on Goodreads with ratings. Péter Esterházy's most popular book is Celestial Harmonies. The Esterházys, one of Europe's most prominent aristocratic families, are closely linked to the rise and fall of the Hapsburg Empire. Princes, counts, commanders, diplomats, bishops, and patrons of the arts, revered, respected, and occasionally feared by their contemporaries, their story is as. Celestial Harmonies is a national epic in the form of fiction, which Esterhazy writes by reinventing the traditional form of the dynastic saga. Beginning with short sections narrated in the first person, Celestial Harmonies recounts legends, inventions and episodes that form a mosaic in which chronology is abandoned and only one prominent.
This will sound like literary heresy, but the first recommendation I would make to those considering reading this book is that they start with Part II, the author's autobiographical narrative, and then go back and try Part I. Peter Esterhazy's "Celestial Harmonies" is an ambitious and unusual literary proposal that really consists of two complementary books within a single cover. Celestial Harmonies packs more historical events than any other novel I have seen, all Skip to main content. Currently Reading. Book Review: Celestial Harmonies by Péter Esterházy. Péter Esterházy has 83 books on Goodreads with ratings. Péter Esterházy’s most popular book is Celestial Harmonies.
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