The manuscript of a novel has been found in a big library of Budapest. Its "encryption" eighty years earlier was on the instructions of a fabled author, who can only be Gyula Krúdy, although his name is never mentioned. The book is also such a literary fiction that it could never have been written by Krúdy.The writer, who calls himself Gyula Kandúr (Julius Tomcat), is just having his lunch at Majmunka's house, when all of a sudden a Sindbad shows up, a sort of Frankenstein existing ...

Many of us here in Hungary still no doubt remember Tennessee Williams' staggering play the SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH very well. We can do it for at least two reasons. The first one is that it was once, or even more often, staged by theaters in Budapest, and it always was a sold–out; and secondly, the translator was a no lesser figure than the well–known István Örkény, whose brilliant rendering of the text into Hungarian, especially of the climactic parts, was, perhaps, better than the original. ...

Gwen, az író lánya című új Fitzgerald-kötetem azokat az elbeszéléseket tartalmazza, melyeknek főszereplőjét – a szó szoros értelemben vett hősnőt– Fitzgerald saját lányáról, Scottie-ról mintázta. Az itt található hét történet az én fordításom, bár kettőnek közülük (A műbútorasztalos műhelye előtt, A gyöngy és a bunda) már volt magyar fordítása előtte, melyeket természetesen láttam és átnéztem, és az angol szöveget elejétől végig újrafordítottam.Az Úr 1935. évének szeptember hónapjáb...

Many of us here in Hungary still no doubt remember Tennessee Williams' staggering play The Sweet Bird of Youth very well. We can do it for at least two reasons. The first one is that it was once, or even more often, staged by theaters in Budapest, and it always was a sold-out; and secondly, the translator was a no lesser figure than the well-known István Örkény, whose brilliant rendering of the text into Hungarian, especially of the climactic parts, was, perhaps, better than the original. ...

Aki már megpróbált megszüntetni kötődést szülőföldhöz, baráthoz vagy családhoz valamilyen kényszerű okból, csak az tudja, milyen nehéz eltépni ezeket a szálakat, mennyi szenvedés árán lehet szétszaggatni őket. Illetve – nem is lehet, mert ezek a szálak még sok évtizedek után is összefonódnak. Beszélgetésünk során is ezt tapasztaltam: elég egy megfelelő szó, gondolat, kérdés és újból átéljük kényszerű elszakadásunkat, szülőföldünk iránt érzett vágyunkat, örök szövetségünket.Pákh Imre...

Fitzgerald akkor volt igazán boldog, ha a kislányával lehetett. Bár a lánya halálra tudta idegesíteni lobbanékonyságával, rendetlenségével, de apja azért elismerte, Négy kis történet el is készült Fitzgerald lányáról, de csak kettő jelent meg még az író életében. Akárcsak Gwen, Scottie is bolondult Fred Astaire-ért és Ginger Rogersért, és kedvenc slágere a Csókra csók (Cheek to Cheek) volt, melyet Fitzgerald gonoszkodva Csókra csombók-ként (Cheek by Jowl) is említ (Andrew Turnbull: Scott F...

So after having consumed two large stuffed cabbages and six small semi-dry greenish white wine spritzers, his favorite, Sindbad leaned back comfortably on the davenport in the only guest room of the inn to die. He put his legs on the ledge and tucked soft pillows under his head. The pub was not accidentally named Deep Cellar because just now the guest room was under the water level of the Danube: on the other side of the carefully closed double window looking at the little court Sindbad sa...

The book is an historical novel (fiction) retelling the history of the Hungarian revolution in 1956 and the events preceding it. The many characters of the novel are well developed and there is richness in this. The beaurocrats of the Department of Education's chain of commandment, the AHV doctor, the aristocrats in hiding, the aunt still living in the old days, the sassy and sexy colleague at the school, to name a few. The book is also enriched by some episodes that take place far from Bu...

They hid wherever they could for as long as it took the Allies to win the war -- Jewish children, frightened, alone, often separated from their families. For months, even years, they faced the constant danger of discovery, fabricating new identities at a young age, sacrificing their childhoods to save their lives. These secret survivors have suppressed these painful memories for decades. Now, in The Hidden Children, twenty-three adult survivors share their moving wartime experiences -- som...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Danielle Steel comes a heartwarming and inspirational novel about a mother and daughter who face challenges, cope with celebrity, and overcome tragedy while maintaining the outward appearance of . . . a perfect lifeThe epitome of intelligence, high-powered energy, and grace, Blaise McCarthy is an icon in the world of television news, asking the tough questions and taking on the emotionally charged issues of world a...

Diane Armstrong's bestselling fictional debutA mother's silence, a village with a terrible secret, and an Australian woman who travels to Poland to uncover the truth ... When forensic dentist Halina Shore arrives in Nowa Kalwaria to take part in a war crimes investigation, she finds herself at the centre of a bitter struggle in a community that has been divided by a grim legacy. What she does not realise is that she has also embarked on a confronting personal journey. Inspired by a ...

Told in short, gripping chapters, this is an unforgettable true story of survival. The author was featured in Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. At just 15, her mother, and brother were taken from their Romanian town to the Auschwitz-II/Birkenau concentration camp. When they arrived at Auschwitz, a soldier waved Elly to the right; her mother and brother to the left. She never saw her family alive again. Thanks to a series of miracles, Elly survived the Hol...