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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454030603321

Autore

Biro Adam

Titolo

One must also be Hungarian [[electronic resource] /] / Adam Biro ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago, 2006

ISBN

1-281-95912-X

9786611959128

0-226-05219-2

Edizione

[[English ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TihanyiCatherine

Disciplina

843/.914

B

Soggetti

Authors, French - 20th century - Family relationships

Jews - Hungary

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 2000 as Les Ancêtres d'Ulysses.

Translated from the French.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Translator's Note and Acknowledgments; Introduction to the English Edition; 1 Finkelstein Ábrahám; 2 Finkelstein Jenö; 3 Perlmutter Blanka; 4 Bíró Mariska; 5 Bíró Márk; 6 Uncles Euegen and Ernest; 7 Józsi; 8 Nándor; 9 Anni; 10 Anyu; 11 Apu

Sommario/riassunto

The only country in the world with a line in its national anthem as desperate as "this people has already suffered for its past and its future," Hungary is a nation defined by poverty, despair, and conflict. Its history, of course, took an even darker and more tragic turn during the Holocaust. But the story of the Jews in Hungary is also one of survival, heroism, and even humor-and that is the one acclaimed author Adam Biro sets out to recover in One Must Also Be Hungarian, an inspiring and altogether poignant look back at the lives of his family members over the past two