Born 1969 · Hungary
Aegon 2020 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Soul of the Countryside”
László Csabai · 50 when first published
Short stories · 344 pages
AI-generated summary:Stories in three linked parts, in which a tale begun in one era continues in another, or one event is seen from three sides, uncovering the depths of seemingly simple lives in the Hungarian countryside.
Aegon 2018 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Szindbád the Revolutionary”
László Csabai · 48 when first published
Novel · 872 pages · Crime, Historical, Politics · Szindbád, book 3
AI-generated summary:Back in the town of Nyárliget after a forced spell in Siberia, the detective Szindbád becomes an officer of the new people's democracy's police, watched by colleagues and superiors who distrust his past.
Aegon 2014 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Sinbad in Siberia”
László Csabai · 44 when first published
Novel · 589 pages · Crime, Historical, War
AI-generated summary:Szindbád, a detective taken prisoner by the Soviets, struggles to survive in a labour camp near Lake Baikal, until someone steals the camp commander's precious rifle and Szindbád works out who did it.