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Ondrok gödre

“Ondrok's Hollow” (title translated by AI)

Imre Oravecz (born 1943)

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The first volume of a family saga set in Szajla, a village that became mythical in the author's poetry, follows the peasant Árvai family's slow rise into the middle class. It portrays peasant life in rich detail, weekdays and feasts, birth and death, love and loneliness, and the dilemma of staying or emigrating.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Genres
Family, Historical, Migration (assigned by AI)
Set in
Hungary
Series
A rög gyermekei, book 1
First published
2007 by Jelenkor
Author's age
64 when first published
ISBN

9789636764258 (original)