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Hungarian Fiction in English
A Listmania! list by S. H. Moore (Budapest, Hungary)

1. Darker Muses: The Poet Nero by Dezso Kosztolanyi

The list author says:
	"The first Hungarian novel in translation that I read and still my favourite. This is perhaps Kosztol�nyi's greatest novel - a modern psychological drama played out in ancient Rome"

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2. Skylark (CEU Press Classics) by Dezso Kosztolanyi

The list author says:
	"A simple story but a gripping study of small town Hungary"

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3. Anna Edes (Quartet Encounters) by Dezso Kosztolanyi

The list author says:
	"Kosztol�nyi's last novel and again he shows his mastery of the psychological"

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4. Sunflower (New York Review Books Classics) by Gyula Krudy

The list author says:
	"A poetic work that weaves reality and dreams into a seamless whole"

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5. Be Faithful Unto Death (Central European Classics) (CEU Press Classics) by Zsigmond Moricz

The list author says:
	"A wonderful portrait of the life of a schoolboy in the town of Debrecen in Eastern Hungary"

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6. Relations by Zsigmond M�ricz

The list author says:
	"Another masterpiece from one of finest Hungarian writers of the 20th century. This novel has recently been turned into a film."

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7. Celestial Harmonies by P�ter Esterh�zy

The list author says:
	"The finest work of the most celebrated Hungarian writer of his generation. But not a novel to be embarked upon lightly; it helps to have some knowledge or, at least, interest in Hungarian history."

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8. A Book of Memories by Peter Nadas

The list author says:
	"A slow, brooding novel of great length."

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9. Melancholy of Resistance, The (New Directions S.) by Laszlo Krasznahorkai

The list author says:
	"A surreal novel set in an isolated town in the Hungarian plains. Its owes an obvious debt to Bulgakov. The film version is called Werckmeister Harmonies."

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10. Embers by Sandor Marai

The list author says:
	"The translation into English of this novel has been acclaimed recently in Britain as the resdiscovery of a lost classic. But there are better Hungarian novels from the early 20th century."

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11. Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Geza Gardonyi

The list author says:
	"A children's classic set in one of the most dramatic episodes of Hungarian history. Readily available in English in Hungarian bookstores."

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12. Slave of the Huns. by Geza Gardonyi

The list author says:
	"Another popular children's novel. Readily available in English in Hungarian bookstores."

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13. The man with the golden touch. by M=r, J=kai

The list author says:
	"A popular children's novel from this great Hungarian romantic. Readily available in English in Hungarian bookstores."

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14. Fateless by Irmre Kertesz

The list author says:
	"And how could I leave this off the list? I had never heard of Kert�sz before he won the nobel prize and wouldn't otherwise have tackled a book with such an apparently grim subject."

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15. Tragedy of Man by Imre Madach

The list author says:
	"This verse play is a work of genius that is, sadly, almost unknown in the English-speaking world."

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16. Winter night: Selected poems of Attila J�zsef by Attila J�zsef

The list author says:
	"Perhaps the Hungarian poet whose work is most readily translatable into English."

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17. In Quest of the Miracle Stag: The Poetry of Hungary by Adam Makkai

The list author says:
	"An exhaustive compilation of Hungarian poetry from the 13th century to the 20th century."

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18. The Kiss: 20th Century Hungarian Short Stories by Various

The list author says:
	"An excellent collection of short stories from a wide range of modern Hungarian authors."

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19. Homecoming and other stories by �rp�d G�ncz

The list author says:
	"Short stories written by one of the most respected Hungarians of recent times: a writer, former President of Hungary, and the man who translated the Lord of the Rings into Hungarian!"

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20. The Pendragon Legend by Antal Szerb

The list author says:
	"A surprise even for me. Besides demonstrating great insight into the English character, this talented Hungarian wrote, 60 years ago, a wonderful melange of currently fashionable styles of novel."

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21. Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb

The list author says:
	"More similar to the Pendragon Legend than I expected. Journey by Moonlight is also written tongue-in-cheek, but has greater depth than The Pendragon Legend,"

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22. Ladies Day by Gyula KR�DY

The list author says:
	"Gyula Krudy's 'Ladies' Day' (readily available in English translation here in Hungary) is yet another gem of Hungarian literature. It is a surreal story about an undertaker who wanders around Pest."

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