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Ervin Lázár is the creator of a genre we may safely call Central European folk surrealism, which takes on the quality of a hallucinatory exploration into that part of the soul where beauty, hope, and yearning live in close proximity with the harsh realities of life.

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The language of disintegration. Ferenc Barnás: Another death

Ferenc Barnás’s most recent novel belongs to those rare books which depict our times in an original voice and with an individual vision.

INTERVIEW

A witness to the 1st century - part two

Captivity was a conscious emigration into the great events of a great era. Our world here, the world we were socialised into, is a small and shabby world. Being part of a small nation is usually not favourable for great prose and drama.

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The Under-Secretary Makes a Statement (poems)

"Petri is a lyrical poet who has deliberately gone sour... To understand him is to understand the declining years of European Communism and to sharpen our eyes for intimate half-truths of our own." (George Szirtes)

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Close contacts: Miklós Mészöly

“We should not for a moment turn our back on the blazing sun, the present.” This is Mészöly’s torch that should be handed on. - Iván Sándor on Miklós Mészöly.

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It's Not the Answer, But the Question: An Intervie

We thought it would be fun to do something a little unusual with this interview, as befits Craig Nova?s inventive fiction. In short, we suggested Nova ask himself [...]

The Paris Review

World?s hottest peppers

Step aside, jalape?o. The Naga King Chili, condiment and weapon, is among the hottest peppers in the world. On the pleasures of searing pain… [...]

Arts & Letters Daily

One of the Coolest Publishers in the World

I first met Urvashi Butalia at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair back some years ago, and was immediately wowed. There are few people in the world as intelligent, [...]

Three Percent - Article

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Fantastic realism. Ervin Lázár: The Little Town of Miracles