{"product_id":"lazar-the-international-sensation-9781529445343","title":"Lazar: The international sensation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA noble Hungarian family declines through the decades, from aristocratic decadence to impoverishment and flight - by a young author writing with the assurance of an old master.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLazar \u003c\/i\u003eis an exquisite and masterly pronouncement that a gifted young writer walks among us\" Patti Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A truly great writer steps onto the stage\" Daniel Kehlmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003cb\u003ePropulsive, twisting and spell-binding. Lazar is a bold, intricate accomplishment\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Lucy Steeds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe snow of the dying century still lay \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eon the edge of the dark forest when Lajos \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003evon Lazar, the translucent child with \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewater-blue eyes, first glimpsed the man \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe would believe to be his father for his \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhole life and beyond. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lazars have ruled their Hungarian lands for generations. In their ancient castle by the edge of a forest that compels all who enter it to madness, they succumb to every vice and live only to satiate their desires. But the old order is crumbling, and the days of the Habsburg Monarchy are numbered. When Lajos von Lazar inherits, they at last have a baron who can reignite the old splendours, but not even his abilities are proof against the ravages of war and occupation. It will fall to his children - a boy who talks to shadows and a girl who eschews her blue blood - to find a way to stand against oppression and take the first faltering steps towards freedom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA sweeping epic, taking the reader from the beginning of the twentieth century to the Hungarian National Uprising of 1956, Lazar would be a phenomenal achievement for a writer of any age. With its air of timeless wisdom, it reads like rediscovered classic, making it all the more remarkable that it was written when the author was just twenty-one years old.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the German by Jamie Bulloch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781529445343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 24 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.2(H)x15.2(L)x2.6(W)371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 371\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eNelio Biedermann, born in 2003, grew up on Lake Zurich. His paternal family is of Hungarian nobility; his grandparents fled to Switzerland in the 1950s. Biedermann studied German and film studies at the University of Zurich. His novel Lazar will be published in more than twenty countries.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn astonishing book - \u003c\/b\u003ea multi-generational family story filled with deeply original characters and gripping scenes, at times realistic, at times disturbingly dreamlike. This novel would be an event in any case. But the fact that its author has only just reached adulthood turns its publication into a thunderclap. \u003cb\u003eA truly great writer steps onto the stage\u003c\/b\u003e, in full possession of his powers -- Daniel Kehlmann\u003cbr\u003eThe new magician . . . A magnificent novel . . . The splendour and misery of an entire era * Die Zeit *\u003cbr\u003eA first-class page-turner . . . the most astonishing discovery of the season * Süddeutsche Zeitung *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, strange story that sustains its tension\u003c\/b\u003e * Dazed (Most Anticipated Novels of 2026) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLázár\u003c\/i\u003e proves worthy of the commotion\u003c\/b\u003e: a keenly observed work that blends youthful verve with a seasoned wisdom... With Biedermann, fiction becomes the space in which both the vast sweep of history and the intimate, corporeal realities of those living through it can be apprehended, rendering the repetition of tragedy not abstract or statistical, but painfully, vividly human * European Literature Network *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGothic and fairytale-esque, it's a definite page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e * Service 95 *\u003cbr\u003eBiedermann not only shows plenty of skill as a novelist, but wisdom well beyond his years. \u003cb\u003eHis imaginative capacity and desire to engage with both the discomforts of history and the cornucopia of dead authors who inspired him \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egives you - at least, it gave me - a cynicism-killing hope for the future of literature\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLázár\u003c\/i\u003e, above all, shows that the drab realism of too many millennials doesn't cut it for the generation now coming of age. To Gen Z novelists, that style is past its sell-by date. \u003cb\u003eThis is the future now.\u003c\/b\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFabulous is the word for this twisted modern fairytale\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eMagic glints and mystery drifts like smoke through this epic story of a dynasty stripped of wealth and dignity . . . \u003cb\u003eA deserved international sensation\u003c\/b\u003e * SAGA Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaptivating and vivid, creating an intriguing atmosphere of secrets, repression and furtive but robust sexuality\u003c\/b\u003e . . Anyone who reads this novel will be intrigued to see what its precocious author does next * Guardian *","brand":"Nelio Biedermann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48544256164057,"sku":"9781529445343","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781529445343.jpg?v=1776452078","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/lazar-the-international-sensation-9781529445343","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}