Celestial Harmonies
by Péter Esterházy

Translated from the Hungarian by Judith Sollosy

• Helsingin Kaupunginkirjasto / Helsinki City Library, Finland
• Leipzig Stadtbibliothek, Germany
  

Publisher of Nominated Edition
Ecco Press ISBN 0060501049
Flamingo ISBN 0007141475

The Esterházys, one of Europe's most prominent aristocratic families, are closely linked to the rise and fall of the Hapsburg Empire. Princes, counts, commanders, diplomats, bishops, and patrons of the arts, revered, respected, and occasionally feared by their contemporaries, their story is as complex as the history of Hungary itself.

Celestial Harmonies is the intricate chronicle of this remarkable family, a saga spanning seven centuries of epic conquest, tragedy, triumph, and near annihilation. Told by Péter Esterházy, a scion of this populous clan, Celestial Harmonies is dazzling in scope and profound in implication. It is fiction at its most awe-inspiring.

Péter Esterházy, a member of one of Europe's most prominent aristocratic families, was born in Budapest in 1950. His books, including She Loves Me and A Little Hungarian Pornography, are considered to be significant contributions to post-war literature.