Gulasz z turula

Krzysztof is Polish and Varga is Hungarian; together they lead the reader through the myths and realities of Magyar history, the alleys and promenades of Budapest, its consciences and monuments. The title bird, the Turul, a strange cross between an eagle and a goose, personifies Hungarian dreams and complexes. The essays describe a small country with imperial pretensions that turn into the grotesque, bloody defeats raised into national symbols, and a nostalgia on which only an unhappy identity can be built, a story that fits Poland too.

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About the book

Form

Nonfiction

Length

185 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Hungary

First published

2008 by Wydawnictwo Czarne

Author's age

40 when first published

ISBN

9788375360400 (original)