Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Jill Culiner is the author of the new book Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain . Her other books include Finding Home in the Footsteps of the Jewish...
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Mariska and her Lover T emperatures dropped further, and even in Ildikó’s kocsma, the atmosphere was icy. A tight knot of women, bundled into heavy coats and woollen hats, hunched around a miniscule electric heater, whispering, snickering, and ignoring...
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‘ W hen the Russian Air Force had their base here in Kunmadaras, those were good times,’ said Tarzan, a hugely fat man with long, drooping moustaches, and the over-developed biceps that had gained him his nickname. ‘You could get anything by trading in...
Read moreUpcoming Talk: Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain
A Hungarian village on the Great Plain: a microcosm reflecting this country’s history from early tribal invasion, to Soviet subordination, to European Community membership. Here, peasants, herders, party girls, former nazis and lapsed communists share...
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