Anyakép, amerikai keretben

This confessional book portrays a complicated relationship between a mother and her son. In the 1930s a carefully protected little boy grows up beside his governess in a wealthy Budapest family, while his mother is one of the celebrated ladies of high society. When his father, a lawyer, may no longer practise because of his Jewish origin, the mother becomes the family's breadwinner. At the start of the Rákosi era the mother, now a widow, is sentenced to prison in a political show trial because of her noble birth. After her death, when she can no longer be reached directly, the son tries to answer honestly the questions that were never asked between them.

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About the book

Form

Nonfiction

Length

207 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Hungary

First published

2009 by Magvető

Author's age

78 when first published

ISBN

9789631427257 (original)