The restless ruler of an obscure Central European state plots a coup against himself and moves to Venice in search of 'real' exerience. There he falls in with a team of con-men and ends up,to his own surprise, impersonating himself....
In this unusual, witty and often surprising version of the story of Marie Antoinette's necklace, Antal Szerb uses the narrative as a standpoint from which to survey an entire age.
In this unusual, witty and often surprising version of the story of Marie Antoinette's necklace, Antal Szerb uses the narrative as a standpoint from which to survey an entire age.
Perhaps the most compelling short-story writer in Hungary today, Edina Szvoren charts human relations with rare sensitivity in her trademark grotesque, absurd yet playful style.
As the first translation into English of one of Tar's books, Anglophone readers will at last come to understand why many contemporary Hungarian authors have expressed unreserved admiration for his writing.
2013 erschien im Nischen Verlag die deutsche Ausgabe von Krisztina Tóths Roman PIXEL, die es neben fulminanten Kritiken im deutschsprachigen Feuilleton auch auf Platz 1 der ORF-Bestenliste geschafft hat.
Quinze étapes de vies de femme, de la petite enfance a l'âge adulte. Quinze voix, quinze histoires et presque autant d'exemples de la fragilité des jours, entre Budapest, le Japon et Paris.
Was sucht eine Leiche in einer Ausstellung? Wohin fahren die Gastarbeiter aus Siebenbürgen in ihrem Kleinbus? Was geschah mit der Frau, der der Kopf in einem Supermarkt plötzlich heruntergefallen war?
The battle of Budapest in the bleak winter of 1944-45 was one of the longest and bloodiest city sieges of World War II. From the appearance of the first Soviet tanks on the outskirts of the capital to the capture of Buda Castle, 102 days elapsed.
Nel 1705 - anno in cui si verifica la prima di una serie di eclissi solari che seguiranno passo passo il procedere degli eventi - lo stampatore ungherese Cornelius Csiliag ritorna dalla Germania nella terra dei padri.