Night school : a reader for grownups / Zsófia Bán ; translated from the Hungarian by Jim Tucker ; afterword by Péter Nádas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bán, Zsófia, author.

Contributor:

Tucker, Jim, 1960- translator.

Standardized Title:

Esti iskola. English

Language:

English

Hungarian

Subjects (All):

Hungarian fiction--Translations into English.

Hungarian fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2019.

Summary:

"Perfect for anyone looking for a little more Nohoo (or "know-how") in your life, Zsófia Bán's mock-textbook, Night School: A Reader for Grownups covers all the important subjects, from self-help to geography to chemistry to French, complete with a hearty dose of irony. Bán's "lectures" tell of the travels of young Flaubert to Egypt with his friend Maxime, and includes a missive from Laika the dog minutes before being blasted off into space, never to be seen again. A story collection masquerading as an encyclopedia of life, Night School makes our all-too-familiar world appear simultaneously foreign and untamed, and brings together lust, taboos, and the absurd in order to teach us the art of living, all in a wildly clever way"--Publisher's description.

Notes:

First published in 2007 by Kalligram publishing house in Bratislava: Esti iskola: olvasókönyv felnőtteknek.

Translated from the Hungarian.

ISBN:

9781940953885

194095388X

OCLC:

1030913469