Válogatott esszék 1979–2016

Essays written between 1979 and 2016, in which the author looks closely at a body of work, a work of art or a historical phenomenon, in plain language, with passionate rationalism and from unexpected angles. Several of his roles meet here: the Slavist who knows South Slav, Polish and Russian culture, the playwright who sees the theatre and its actors from outside and from within, and the novelist, since many of the essays touch the themes of his novels and shade them further. The subjects range from major Slavic writers and their attitudes to the movements of ancient provinces and of peripheries in every age, the closed character of his own region, Gorky as a person, and the writers and people he holds dearest, among them Tadeusz Borowski, Béla Hamvas, György Petri and Tamás Major.

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About the book

Form

Nonfiction

Length

384 pages in the original

First published

2016 by Magvető

Author's age

70 when first published

ISBN

9789631433784 (original)