Kedves ismeretlen

A novel of education that follows Tamás Krizsán as he stumbles from childhood to youth. The scenery of his life is modest, a settlement near Budapest that is neither town nor village, but its aim is grand: every member of his family is searching for the final meaning of life, and as a good son Tamás follows the family tradition and sets out, in his own simple way, towards the Unknown. He tries to understand the world and other people, and however naive he is, he soon learns that people seize every chance to misunderstand one another. The book is also a historical novel about the last four or five decades of Hungary, seen by a generation that lived through the collapse of so-called socialism as adults.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

467 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age, Family, Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Hungary

First published

2009 by Magvető

Author's age

48 when first published

ISBN

9789631426625 (original)