She Loves Me
1999 Nominated

She Loves Me

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

“There’s this woman, she loves me. There’s this woman, she hates me.” Funny and irreverent, wise and sexy, Peter Esterházy’s latest novel brilliantly countermands the anxiety of love and brings us face to face with the exhilarating hilarity of our own confusion. In ninety-seven short chapters Péter Esterházy contemplates love and hate and sex and desire from the point of a view of a narrator who considers himself a great lover, a man who may (or may not) be in love with all the women in the world.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Péter
Esterházy

Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He was called a “leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature”, and his books were considered to be significant contributions to post-war literature.

Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He was called a “leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature”, and his books were considered to be significant contributions to post-war literature.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Judith
Sollosy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Publisher
Quartet Books
Translator
Judith Sollosy

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