Átkelés Budapesten

These verse stories light up known and unknown places in Budapest, from the recent past to the near future, and the city's figures, some grand, some petty. Under the narrator's X-ray eye small gestures, quiet life-lies and unnoticed tragedies come to light as he peers into curtained rooms and hearts from the Óbuda gasworks through Kőbánya to Terézváros. Among them are the emotional crisis of a porn director, jealousy between brothers in a suburban rock band, the return of the unburied past on Svábhegy and the jovial cruelties of a regulars' table in Budafok.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

119 pages in the original

Set in

Hungary

First published

2014 by Libri

Author's age

44 when first published

ISBN

9789633103814 (original)