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Andrea Tompa

Born 1971 · Hungary

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Libri 2021 · Shortlist

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    Haza

    Andrea Tompa · 49 when first published

    Novel · 480 pages · Migration

    AI-generated summary:Invited to a class reunion, a middle-aged writer who emigrated to New York thirty years ago travels back to the city of her youth, where no one is waiting for her anymore.

  • In English

    Libri 2018 · Winner

    Omertà

    Omerta

    Andrea Tompa · 46 when first published

    Novel · 724 pages · Historical, Politics, Love

    AI-generated summary:In 1950s Cluj, under a tightening Communist dictatorship, a peasant woman, a young city girl, a nun and a rose breeder tell how their lives cross, and how they fall into a love triangle.

    Also: Aegon 2018 shortlist

  • No English yet

    Aegon 2014 · Shortlist

    Fejtől s lábtól

    Title translated by AI:“At the Head and at the Feet”

    Andrea Tompa · 42 when first published

    Novel · 486 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:Around 1900, a lonely man and a lonely young woman, two doctors hungry for knowledge and useful work, meet the city of Kolozsvár and the culture of bourgeois Transylvania.