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DESCRIPTION:In Ágota Kristóf’s relentlessly harrowing novel\, a pair of unn
 amed twins grow up in a world under a state of emergency. The nine-year-ol
 ds document their experiences in the form of essays in a “Big Notebook”. P
 lainly and without sentiment\, they recount the brutality of a war that ro
 bbed them of their childhood\, along with the consequences – displacement\
 , foreign occupation and flight – that have left a lasting mark on them.\n
 \nTheir home\, the “Big City”\, is under constant attack. To keep the twin
 s safe\, their mother has taken them to the countryside and left them in t
 heir grandmother’s care. Known in the village as a “witch”\, she puts her 
 grandchildren to work for their food and shelter. In a community where eve
 ryone only looks out for themselves\, the siblings must fight to survive\,
  devoid of any human warmth. So they begin to adapt. Through strict traini
 ng\, they learn to suppress their emotions\, including vulnerability and c
 ompassion: “After a while\, in fact\, we no longer feel anything. It’s som
 eone else who is hurt\, someone else who gets burnt\, cut and feels pain. 
 We don’t cry any more.”\n\nBorn in Hungary in 1935\, Ágota Kristóf fled th
 e Soviet troops for Switzerland in 1956. There\, she first worked in a fac
 tory\, went on to study\, and remained until her death in 2011.\n\nÁgota K
 ristóf wrote DAS GROSSE HEFT in her second language\, French\, developing 
 a unique sound in which words cut like pinpricks beneath the skin. In simp
 le sentences\, she adopts a child’s perspective\, making the events all th
 e more unsettling. The novel becomes a worldwide success.
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SUMMARY:Schauspielhaus Zürich: DAS GROSSE HEFT
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