by György Konrád · Van Gennep · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789060129944
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«Tuinfeest» is the autobiographical novel by György Konrád, published by Van Gennep in paperback (423 pages, in Dutch).
Autobiographical novel about the fate of Hungarian Jewish families at the end of the Second World War, under Russian occupation. Relatives, friends and adversaries, living and dead, pass by; the tragic alternates with erotic passages, humor and political reflection, in a narrative about the tension between active commitment and personal detachment.
Originally published in Hungarian as «Kerti mulatság», it forms part of the «Agenda» series as its first installment.
For readers of historical fiction and Hungarian narrative, with an interest in the Second World War and Jewish memory.
György (George) Konrád was a Hungarian novelist, pundit, essayist and sociologist known as an advocate of individual freedom.
