The Refugee

Zoltán Böszörményi begins THE REFUGEE with his harrowing escape from the threat of imprisonment in an Eastern European dictatorship but devotes the bulk of the book to his equally adventurous detention in a Western European refugee camp, taking the reader beyond the TV news images to give an inside look into the everyday life of a community of desperate people facing uncertain future.
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Pining away

Pining away

This book combines fiction and reporting beyond the usual definition of literary nonfiction by applying modern literary conceits to bringing to light a social issue typical of Eastern Europe where the story was researched and written in Hungarian by Zoltán Böszörményi, working in Romania.
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Böszörményi Zoltán: Immer wenn ich meine Augen schließe – trailer

Roman Aus dem Ungarischen von Hans-Henning Paetzke Allein gelassen – das erschütternde Schicksal eines Mädchens Es ist ein schockierendes Phänomen in Mittel- und Osteuropa, dass die Kinder von Wanderarbeitern, die nach Westeuropa ziehen, in ihrer Heimat zurückgelassen werden. Sie wachsen bei ihren Großeltern auf oder bei Verwandten.
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The Refugee

THE REFUGEE

The Refugee. Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books (2019) Translatef from the Hungarian by PAUL SOHAR
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Words from my readers

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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

Mária Bátorligeti 

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

Gabriella Dénes

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)

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Footloose time

virezma

I would recommend this volume to those who are receptive to philosophical poetry. (Moly.hu)