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[JHH]

What are your favourite novels or books about Hungary? I am delighted with Istvan Örköny's "One Minute Stories", which I picked up in Budapest. I also enjoyed Zsuzsanna Ardo's "Culture Shock" about daily life and customs in Hungary, published in the UK..

[jean]

Sziasztok,
to those of you brave people learning Hungarian

Talking about örkény István's "One minute novels", I'm trying to read them in Hungarian together with the recordings made by Mácsai Pál (3CD Hangoskönyv- Egypercesek). It helps a lot!

The text is not included with the CD, so you need to buy the book apart. (Egyperces novellák, edited by Palatinus Könyvek)

Have fun!
Jean

[warrior]

If you like the language, how it sounds and you enjoy play on words or sounds, I think you will really appreciate the humor of "Szamárfül" by József Romhányi.

[Guest]

I tried to order these CDs from the LIBRI site but although they were ready to sell me a cheap book they would not send the CDs with a book or on their own, claiming they were "korlatozott peldanyszambon" ('limited copies available'?). Where else can I try?

[JHH]

In my last post, by "cheap" I meant the book cost very little, not that it was shoddy! LIBRI have a very good, quick service.
Other books I have enjoyed are Magda Szabo's "The Door", just published in English. A very clear yet evocative style, a little like the classic "The Lark" by Deszö Kosztolanyi. [/code][/quote]

[KR]

Sziasztok!

I can offer you every book by Sandor Marai. you cab read beautiful hungarian languages and fantastic stories.
The most popular books are: A gyertyak csonkig egnek, Valas Budan.

If you would like to read some very interesting book about the period of war, effect of Trianon one of the best and touching writer is Albert Wass.

[HankTheYank]

I love the poetry books by Endre Ady - my favorite is Poems of All Secrets.

[Hans]