the world as a system of relations linking human bodies to each other. This book earned Nádas comparisons to Proust. He published his latest novel, the three-volume Parallel Stories (I: The Mute Realm, II: In the Very Depth of the Night, III: The Breath of Freedom) in 2005. This novel is a multitude of independent stories that melt into one single narrative. It took Nádas eighteen years to complete this book. The novel has been described as "a virtuoso combination of nineteenth-century high realism with the experimentalism of the nouveau roman", while "the real narrative is that of bodies' actions on one another, their attraction and desires, their mutual memories" (Gábor Csordás). The plot is constructed around the histories of two families: one—the Lippay-Lehrs, who are Hungarian, the other—the Döhrings, who are German. These two main threads link irregularly up to one another via specific events or figures. Nádas' other novels include Lovely Tale of Photography, Yearbook, On Heavenly and Earthly Love, and A Dialogue with Richard Swartz. Death is a recurrent theme in Nádas' work, particularly in Own Death, based on his experience of clinical death. His writing has been described as intellectual, detailed, strong, innovative, and demanding. He is the winner of the Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur in 2014. A volume of interviews with Péter Nádas, by Zsófia Mihancsik (Nincs mennyezet, nincs födém) was published in 2006. Bibliography Works translated into English: Parallel Stories: A Novel () A Lovely Tale of Photography () The End of a Family Story () A Book of Memories () ()(New York) () () () ()(London) "A Tale About Fire and Knowledge" in the anthology Caught in a Story Love () Own Death () Fire and Knowledge: Fiction and Essays () Awards He has received numerous awards, including 1989 Prize for Hungarian Art, Hungary. 1991 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, Austria. 1992 Kossuth Prize, Hungary. 1995 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding, Germany. 1998 Vilenica International Prize for Literature, Slovenia. 1998 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Prize for the Best Foreign Book), France. 2003 Franz Kafka Prize, Czech Republic. 2014 Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur, Germany. He has also been nominated for the Nobel Prize. References External links Gábor Csordás: The body of the text. Corporeal writing in Péter Nádas's "Parallel Stories" Ottilie Mulzet: A la recherche de corps perdus: Notes from a reading of Péter Nádas's A néma tartomány (The Mute Realm)