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In The Third Lie, twin brothers Lucas and Claus, forever bound by wartime trauma, are forced to confront their fractured pasts as the Iron Curtain recedes. Claus— a war‑orphan, exile, and dying prison inmate—recalls the war that bound them, the peace that split them, and the betrayals that haunt them through a century divided. The novel centers on the third lie he confessed when escaping decades earlier, a sin that unites them in shame yet drives them apart in anger. The book continues the post‑war saga begun in The Notebook and The Proof, offering a stark, fairy‑tale‑like exploration of brotherhood, betrayal, and the lingering shadows of conflict.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Ágota Kristóf
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