Pál Békés

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• Semmi baj

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  Aegon 2008 · Shortlist

  Semmi baj

  AITitle translated by AI:“No Problem”

  Pál Békés · 51 when first published

  Short stories · 316 pages · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:Longer tales and Kafkaesque short pieces form the life of a man born in 1956, who spends the October uprising as a silent baby and meets his first hopes and defeats in the dull years of the Kádár era.

• Csikágó

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  Aegon 2007 · Shortlist

  Csikágó

  Pál Békés · 50 when first published

  Novel · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:The tenements and galleried courtyards of Csikágó, the Budapest quarter around the Keleti railway station, and the gangsters and bootleggers of the real Chicago are woven together across a century of the district's residents.