Lit in Translation

Zsófia Bán

Born 1957 · Hungary

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Aegon 2013 · Shortlist

    Amikor még csak az állatok éltek

    Title translated by AI:“When There Were Only Animals”

    Zsófia Bán · 55 when first published

    Short stories · 212 pages · Family, Historical

    AI-generated summary:Fifteen stories in which the intellect meets the animal within, and behind which a twentieth-century Central European family's troubled history emerges, seen by a mother and a daughter, with the fathers absent.

  • In English

    Aegon 2008 · Shortlist

    Night School: A Reader for Grownups

    Esti iskola

    Zsófia Bán · 50 when first published

    Short stories · 270 pages · Satire

    AI-generated summary:A mock textbook for adults whose lessons cover self-help, geography, chemistry and French, among them young Flaubert's journey to Egypt and a last message from the dog Laika before her launch into space.