Agota Kristof

The Profile

Hungarian-born Swiss author (1935–2011), wrote in French and is best known for The Trilogy of the City of K.; first novel published 1986.

Born 30 October 1935 in Hungary; fled to Switzerland in 1956; wrote primarily in French; died 27 July 2011. First major publication: Le Grand Cahier (The Notebook), 1986.

The available review highlights Kristof's spare, cold prose and the brutal lucidity of the twin narrators in The Trilogy of the City of K. It praises economy of language and the book's corrosive, inescapable atmosphere. The review is strongly positive (5/5).