#hungarianlit
“collapse, rejection, resurrection, / this is what we all longed for, / this broken bread”—Béla Markó, in Anna Bentley’s translation.
Father Viktor struggles to contain his rage against Prime Minister Ferenc Ács, until one day he receives a visit from men in suits.
In this short story by Hungarian writer Rita Halász a mother and her partner tensely await the homecoming of her teenaged daughter.
In this short story by Hungarian writer Tibor Noé Kiss, a woman comes to terms with her mother’s death, while looking back on a mysterious chapter of her love life.
When his wife leaves for a business trip, Géza enters into a passionate love affair with a flexible and rubber-lined companion.
A poem by Hungarian poet Lili Hanna Seres, in Timea Sipos’s translation.