Der Schwimmer [WorldCat Entities]

"En Hongrie, en 1956, un père et ses deux enfants, abandonnés par leur mère passée à l'Ouest, errent d'une région à l'autre, à la recherche de leur destin. Un roman composé de brefs paragraphes qui se succèdent tels des plans au cinéma, dans lesquels se fait entendre la voix légère et poétique de la narratrice, l'aînée des deux enfants. Premier roman."
"In het Hongarije van 1956 zwerven twee kinderen na de vlucht van hun moeder naar Duitsland met hun vader door het land."
"Hungary, 1956. Without a word, Katalin leaves her family and sets out for the West. Her husband, Kalman, abandons the family farm and begins a long and circuitous journey through Hungary with his two young children, Kata and Isti. Staying briefly with distant relatives in unfamiliar cities and villages, Kalman keeps his family on the move and shuns anything resembling a home or a steady life. As their father sinks into depression, Kata and her brother create their own imaginary universe: Kata invents relationships with the people they meet during their long journey while Isti converses with the world around him-houses, stones, snow, skies. It is only in rare moments, on riverbanks and lakeshores where Kata and Isti swim with their father, that they experience a semblance of calm and happiness. Moments that feel as if life is just beginning for them ..."

Der Schwimmer