THE REFUGEE
The Refugee. Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books (2019) Translatef from the Hungarian by PAUL SOHAR
Zoltán Böszörményi begins THE REFUGEE with his harrowing escape from the threat of imprisonment in an Eastern European dictatorship to devote the rest of the book to his equally adventurous detention in a refugee camp in Western Europe, taking the reader beyond the TV news images to give an inside look into the everyday life of a community of desperate people lacking in community spirit. The author unflinchingly describes what it is like living without legal status or civil rights in crowded, noisy and sometimes existentially dangerous dormitories, hanging on to the hope of finding acceptance in a peaceful country. The author’s problems at home arose from a volume of his poetry; it’s only natural that he should tell his story as a poet, in a novelistic, creative nonfiction style, the only way it can be given an authentic voice that can speak about feelings beyond facts.
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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)