A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life

Winner of the 2007 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Biography, Autobiography & Memoir A...
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Author: George Konrad
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A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life by Konrad, George

A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life

$45.90

A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life

$45.90
Author: George Konrad
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Winner of the 2007 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

A powerful memoir of war, politics, literature, and family life by one of Europe's leading intellectuals.

When George Konrad was a child of eleven, he, his sister, and two cousins managed to flee to Budapest from the Hungarian countryside the day before deportations swept through his home town. Ultimately, they were the only Jewish children of the town to survive the Holocaust.

A Guest in My Own Country recalls the life of one of Eastern Europe's most accomplished modern writers, beginning with his survival during the final months of the war. Konrad captures the dangers, the hopes, the betrayals and courageous acts of the period through a series of carefully chosen episodes that occasionally border on the surreal (as when a dead German soldier begins to speak, attempting to justify his actions).

The end of the war launches the young man on a remarkable career in letters and politics. Offering lively descriptions of both his private and public life in Budapest, New York, and Berlin, Konrad reflects insightfully on his role in the Hungarian Uprising, the notion of "internal emigration" - the fate of many writers who, like Konrad, refused to leave the Eastern Bloc under socialism - and other complexities of European identity. To read A Guest in My Own Country is to experience the recent history of East-Central Europe from the inside.

Author: George Konrad
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 04/17/2007
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.46w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9781590511398


Award: National Jewish Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2007 pg. 172
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2007 pg. 113
New York Times 04/29/2007 pg. 26
Library Journal 07/01/2007 pg. 99
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 255

About the Author
George Konrad

George Konrad, a former president of International PEN and the Academy of Arts in Berlin, is the author of The Case Worker and The Invisible Voice, among many other widely translated books. He lives in Budapest.

Michael Henry Heim

Michael Henry Heim, a professor of Slavic languages and literature at the University of California at Los Angeles, has translated works by Anton Chekhov, Milan Kundera, and Bohumil Hrabal, among others.

Jim Tucker

Jim Tucker, a classical philologist living in Budapest, translated works from German, French, and Italian before making the acquaintance of George Konrad for whom he has translated some 35 essays from the Hungarian, in addition to works by numerous other authors.

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