Of striking light
A vivid image, of light striking mountains like a hatchet splitting the darkness. From the first volume of an excellent...
Beware educated peasants
Naive readers may imagine that an ideology ostensibly serving the masses might have been glad to encounter an educated peasant. ...
The massive effects of slight coincidences
I liked this notion that centuries, as much as individuals, can be greatly affected by apparently insignificant coincidences, or even...
With curiosity and cheerfulness
How innocent this phrase, and yet, look at the context. Having left Hungary on the eve of the Second World...
Are we there yet?
A one-liner which would be funny if it weren't for the fact it earned Uncle Torma a one-way ticket to...
Shoe-button eyes
Banffy's trilogy of novels on the slow but certain self-destruction of the 19th century Hungarian aristocracy includes the figure of...
Where dying isn’t enough
Suzanne, later the second wife of the Hungarian poet György Faludy, seems to have been a lovely person, with strong...
How to hide a poem (II)
Listening time: under 5 minutes.  This disturbing quotation is striking on several levels.  By the Hungarian poet György Faludy concerning...
Invisible but potent
A person who seems to have been entirely congruent in his memories and his values, fully dissolved and present in...
Now, what shall I write?
The Hungarian poet György Faludy (1910-2006) decides what to write on the eve of his execution. In the event, he...
Prune-like eyes
A clever lawyer who bides his time and slowly, quietly hoovers up the assets of dissolute aristocrats, while ever fawning...
How to hide a poem (I)
The child in me has always been curious about secret ways to communicate or protect things. When we drive, I...
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