István Örkény

Auf den ersten Blick scheinen die beiden in diesemBändchen vereinigten Romane nichts gemeinsam zuhaben: Die Rosenausstellung, das aberwitzig an-mutende Experiment eines jungen Regisseurs, mit dreiMoribunden einen Dokumentarfilm über das Sterbenzu drehen, somit den Tod zu einer öffentlichen...

Preface This anthology of short works of poetry and prose joins the increasing but still insufficient number of translations that attempt to acquaint general readers in the English-speaking world with significant aspects of Hungarian literature. The present volume, which contains works by...

introduction It is hardly surprising that Hungarians have the reputation of being great survivors. They have been obliged to learn the arts of survival throughout the turbulent history of that little landlocked European country which has experienced more than its fair share of invasion,...