In Refugee Camp
(Menekülttáborban)
Blue-bleached clouds are
grazing over the camp
servantwinds scrub
the night clean
time sits around
in a winter coat
among bare tree branches
warm ashes can be found lingering
in the tatters of old supermarket circulars
and I keep busy
trying to drown a live bird
in my chest
the word
The Study of a Nude
(Akt)
keeps talking
saying it over
and over again
with fright on the face
tart-tasting
or simply strange
till all the words scattered
on the floor part
giving way
to skin
and flesh
Who’s That Echoing the Question
(Ki az, ki visszakérdez)
there are times
or all the time
only I can feel it
only you people can feel it
someone inside me
someone inside you all
echoes every question
Well-Rested Walls
(Kipihent falak)
walnut-brown rattling
scurries past
well-rested walls
the proportion of gazing
to staring
shifts here
my mood becomes
a screwed-up sight
an acre of hangover
surprises me
the morning
sits down next to me
telling tall tales
Translated by: Paul Sohar
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A great novel!
Last time, on our way back from the Iron Gate and Krassó-Szörény in October, I received Zoltán's latest book, While I Think I Exist, at the Present House.
I read it with great interest, literally all the way through, I could hardly put it down.
Once again, I thank Zoltán and Jelen Publishers for this book. It was like reading a printed online story. A great novel!
With friendship,
Gábor
About Regal
A good novel offers endless possibilities for interpretation/reading. The Regal is such a novel. One of Kinga Lázár's quotes is particularly thought-provoking. "How would I behave in their place?" The question is asked by Tamás, the main character. Yes, it is worth approaching the characters from this point of view, and asking ourselves the question: How would I behave in their shoes?
The skin of nothing
The author handles the words, the Hungarian language and our cultural and literary literacy in a very beautiful, apt, surprising or even disconcerting way - all at the same time. (Moly.hu)