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A Hungarian romance / a novel by Ágnes Hankiss ; translated with an introduction by Emma Roper-Evans ; foreword by Marianna Birnbaum.
Van Pelt Library PH3241.H3163 S9413 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hankiss, Ágnes.
- Standardized Title:
- Széphistória. English
- Language:
- English
- Hungarian
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 210 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, LA, USA : Readers International, [1992]
- Summary:
- Drawing on the old Hungarian széphistoria or romance tradition, Ágnes Hankiss both assimilates its 16th century roots and subverts them with this engaging double narrative of His-story - show trials, rebellions and religious unrest that helped to form the Hungarian national identity - and Her-story - searing private conflicts within a family and a marriage that must burst into the public sphere. The domestic struggle of a woman for identity and independence mirrors and finally overwhelms the national story in this great novel artfully combining lyricism with passion, wonderfully translated into English.
- ISBN:
- 0930523814
- 0930523822
- OCLC:
- 25636804
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