The third lie

Author's name: Agota Kristof Publisher: Dar Al-Adab for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 1995 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: "...And I tell her that I am trying to tell my story, but I cannot, and I do not have the courage, because it hurts me, so I summarize everything and describe things, not as they actually happened, but as I would have liked them to happen. She says: Yes, a person's life can be more depressing than the most depressing books. I say: Exactly, no matter how gloomy a book is, it cannot be as gloomy as a life."