A hazalátogató író (Konrád György: elutazás és hazatérés)
The writer visiting home (György Konrád: Leaving and Returning)

Summary/Abstract: “Dread and the love of life get on well together, states Leaving and Returning, so much that life may be loved best in its worse moments.” György Konrád, Hungarian writer, essayist, sociologist, chairman of the Berlin Art Academy published the first volume of his autobiography in 2002. The book elaborates the writer’s childhood, focusing especially on the persecution of Jews and the period of Holocaust. The review appreciates the work as a welcome renewal of the writer’s career.

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