Books from Hungary
50 popular hungarian books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Hungary.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Iza's Ballad by Magda Szabo EN
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From the author of The Door, selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2015 An NYRB Classics Original Like Magda Szabó’s internationally acclaimed novel The Door, Iza’s Ballad is a striking story of the relationship between two women, in this case a mother and a daughter. Ettie, the mother, is old and from an older world than the rapidly modernizing Communist Hungary of the years after World War II. From a poor family and without formal education, Ettie has devoted her life to the cause of her husband, Vince, a courageous magistrate who had been blacklisted for... continue
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Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb EN
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Travelling to Italy on their honeymoon, Erszi and Mihaly are ready to take in all the beauties and pleasures of the country. But when they reach Venice, it is clear that Mihaly prefers to roam around the back alleys and the canals on his own, and as they continue their journey through the Bel Paese there is a growing sense of unrest between them, until Mihaly misses the train to Rome they were due to take together. Wandering alone from city to city, with his marriage rapidly falling apart, Mihaly must confront the ghosts of his past and try to find a sense of purpose.
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Katalin Street by Magda Szabó EN
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From the award-winning author of The Door comes Katalin Street, first published in Hungarian in 1968 and translated into French, German, and Swedish. This elegant English translation by Agnes Farkas Smith now makes Katalin Street available to an even wider audience.
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En una sórdida Budapest, en las postrimerías de la época comunista, un joven escritor se ve inmerso en la brutalidad de la dominación y el encierro a que le somete su madre, una actriz otrora célebre quebrada hoy por la soledad y la locura. Novela brutal, en la que los gestos y las palabras toman dimensiones paroxísticas y en el que la violencia parece ser un camino de purificación, se nos muestra como una confesión de seres solitarios y perversos, a medio camino entre la locura más desenfrenada y la tendencia a la normalidad. Brutal y sin concesiones, “La calma” ha sido considerada por muchos... continue
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È un rapporto molto conflittuale, fatto di continue rotture e difficili riconciliazioni, a legare la narratrice a Emerenc Szeredàs, la donna che la aiuta nelle faccende domestiche. La padrona di casa, una scrittrice inadatta ad affrontare i problemi della vita quotidiana, fatica a capire il rigido moralismo di Emerenc, ne subisce le spesso indecifrabili decisioni, non sa cosa pensare dell'alone di mistero che ne circonda l'esistenza e soprattutto la casa, con quella porta che nessuno può varcare. In un crescendo di rivelazioni scopre che le scelte spesso bizzarre... continue
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Los desposeídos by Szilárd Borbély ES
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Los Desposeídos es un profundo ejercicio de comprensión del escenario de la infancia del autor: la Hungría de mediados del siglo XX, un país traumatizado por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el regreso de los supervivientes de los gulags y la expropiación de las tierras por los comunistas. A finales de los años sesenta, una fam ilia lucha por sobrevivir a la miseria en un pequeño pueblo fronterizo de Hungría. El hijo de once años se evade del frío y el hambre imaginando un universo propio en el que gobiernan los números primos mientras observa con todo detalle el mundo que le rodea. Se trata de un m... continue
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Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy EN
Description:
A haunting Hungarian novel, and a vision of hell unlike any previously imagined.
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My Family Right Or Wrong by Ephraim Kishon EN
Description:
A collection of short humorous stories involving the author and his family.
