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Gleefulreader
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Panpan

Another book that took me longer to finish than it should have. These are older stories as Csath was writing in the early 1900s. The stories themselves were quite oppressive. Csath was an opium addict who eventually murdered his wife before committing suicide and many of his stories reflect the noise in his head. CW for animal abuse, etc. One of the few Europa that wasn‘t really for me. #europacollective

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starlight97
Jeripusz | Katalin Magyar
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Pickpick

A book first published in 1987 that got a new edition with a lovely cover and illustrations.
Hungarian folklore meets Tolkien's world. A lovely fairy tale that I'll definitely read to my kids one day.
#hungarian

Jari-chan I would buy this just to own it 🤭 2mo
starlight97 @Jari-chan right?! It's so pretty 2mo
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Astroneman
Embers | Sandor Marai
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Pickpick
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Tamra
The Door | Magda Szabo
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Beautiful adaption with Helen Mirren! Streaming on Amazon.

I appreciate the complicated & raw relationship between the two women.

sarahbarnes Oh wow, I definitely want to check this out. 7mo
LeahBergen Oh, I hadn‘t heard about this! 7mo
Tamra @sarahbarnes @LeahBergen I recommend it - hope you can watch! 7mo
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AshleyHoss820
The Case Worker | Gyorgy Konrad
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Pickpick

This book was a trip. The narrator is a social worker who mostly works with children (I think). I enjoyed this behind-the-scenes look, the disjointed nature of the narrator‘s thoughts. Social work, work with the public in general, can you leave you feeling jaded and cynical, and maybe even a little deadened to things that should shock you. I look forward to reading more by Konrad. 241/1,001 #1001Books

BarbaraBB I loved all three of the Konrad books on the list. Especially 7mo
AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB That is so good to hear!! I‘m excited to read it! Thank you! ☺️ 7mo
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starlight97
Emma lnya | Janka Fbin
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My favorite way to read: with Loki in my lap and a cold beer by my side. 🍺🐾
#catsoflitsy #hungarian 🇭🇺

Jari-chan De édes! 😻 11mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awww Loki 🤍🐾 11mo
dabbe Hello there, Lovable Loki! 🖤🐾🖤 11mo
starlight97 @Jari-chan nagyon 😁💕 11mo
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starlight97
Emma szerelme | Janka Fbin
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Pickpick

Interesting historical fiction novel about Emma and her family.
#hungarian #catsoflitsy

Chrissyreadit 😻😻😻😻😻 12mo
Jari-chan Aww, cute kitty ❤️😻 nagyon cuki! 😸 12mo
starlight97 @Jari-chan oh wow, I think this is the first time I see Hungarian words on Litsy 😵🤩😁 12mo
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Jari-chan @starlight97 I've not met many Hungarians here, so I couldn't resist 🤭🇭🇺 12mo
RaeLovesToRead Aww, kitty stretch! 🥰 12mo
starlight97 @Jari-chan where are you from?😁 12mo
Jari-chan @starlight97 Switzerland 😁 which part of Hungary are you from? 12mo
Chrissyreadit @Jari-chan did you grow up in Switzerland? @starlight97 what genre do you like to read? I am of Hungarian descent but do not know many books that have been translated to English to give me a flavor of Hungary. 12mo
starlight97 @Jari-chan so how do you know Hungarian? 😅 I'm from the Great Plain, currently live in Baja by the river Danube, near the Serbian border 😊 12mo
starlight97 @Chrissyreadit I read mostly anything except romance 😄 there are some great books that have been translated to English, I can recommend the works of Magda Szabó for example 😊 12mo
Jari-chan @Chrissyreadit Yes, I'm about 100% Swiss 😅 @starlight97 I've spent a year in Hungary. Also some months in Szeged 😊 12mo
Chrissyreadit I have stacked The Door, and am curious as well as ignorant about genres- so many books i see from Eastern Europe are more serious- but i feel like i rarely see more light (Like Jane Austen‘s) or fantasy - are there good options of those genres through a Hungarian lens that you know of? Also what is a popular children‘s book? 12mo
starlight97 @Jari-chan ah I see! Did you like it? 😊 12mo
starlight97 @Chrissyreadit there are some Hungarian authors who write sci-fi and fantasy under pseudonyms, like Brandon Hackett, Leslie L. Lawrence or Vavyan Fable. I'm not really up to date with children's books but some I loved as a kid were by István Csukás, Veronika Marék, Éva Janikovszky or Zoltán Zelk. I'm not sure if these were ever translated though. 12mo
Chrissyreadit ❤️ that‘s great for me to look up though- thank you. my Father was very proud of being Hungarian but i only know a tiny bit. 12mo
Jari-chan @starlight97 Yes, of course! I get homesick for Hungary pretty often ☺️ 12mo
starlight97 @Chrissyreadit you're welcome! 🇭🇺 12mo
starlight97 @Jari-chan that's so great 😄😊 12mo
dabbe Hello there, sweetly sunny kitty! 🖤🐾🖤 12mo
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starlight97
Ida regnye | Gza Grdonyi
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Lazy Sunday reading with Loki 🐾💙
#catsoflitsy #hungarian

Soubhiville 🩵 Kitty snuggles 🩵 14mo
starlight97 @Soubhiville 😸❣️ 14mo
RaeLovesToRead Loki! 🥰🥰 14mo
dabbe Hello there, Lovely Loki! 🖤🐾🖤 14mo
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KristiAhlers
The Bone Fire | Gyrgy Dragomn
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Mehso-so

Whilst I liked the premise...I wasn't thrilled with the the execution and for me the story fell flat. I prefer a character driven read and this one was just a little too much world building and too little character growth.

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Graywacke
Fatelessness | Imre Kertesz
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Pickpick

Really powerful, but hard to review, especially in this condensed context. Kertész, a non-religious Jewish Hungarian, was a concentration camp survivor, entering the camps at age 14 (and lying about his age). This is a fictional parallel experience, deviant in that our narrator doesn‘t judge as we do, but takes things as they come, processing them in his own practical way. He‘s young enough that this is, in a way, his only reality.

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