Katalin Street (New York Review Books Classics)

From the author of The Door, selected as one of the New York Times "10 Best Books of 2015," this is a heart wrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II. Magda Szabó conducts a clear-eyed investigation into the ways in which we inflict suffering on those we love. Katalin Street, which won the 2007 Prix Cévennes for Best European novel, is a poignant, somber, at times harrowing book, but beautifully conceived and truly unforgettable.