Határeset

Šahy, a provincial town on the Hungarian-Slovak border, belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918 and then to Czechoslovakia and Slovakia, yet most of its people remain Hungarian. Here hundreds of small stories unfold across the twentieth century, told mostly by naive boys, first among them the stammering Pipityu and his friends. World wars, shifting borders, expulsions, collectivisation, Bolshevisation and the 1968 invasion, in which Hungarian troops entered southern Slovakia, leave their mark on everyone. Among the realistic episodes run fantastic ones: an uncle who nearly prevents the Second World War, and an immortal warrior with a signet ring who emerges from underground passages through the ages to take revenge on traitors and enemies. The title means both a case at the border and an extreme one.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

453 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, War, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Slovakia, 20th century

First published

2008 by Kalligram

Author's age

57 when first published

ISBN

9788081011023 (original)