A hónap bejegyzései: július 2014

THREE PERCENT REVIEW The Ninth By Ferenc Barnas Reviewed by Jeff Waxman 21 May 09 English-language readers have been enthusiastic about the excellent, albeit sinister, works of fiction by Hungarian writers like Nobel-Winner Imre Kertész, Best Translated Book Award Winner … Folytatódik…. →

Introductory remarks by Professor Ivan Sanders to a reading in October  2003, at Columbia University, given jointly by Ferenc Barnás and translator  Paul Olchváry Ferenc Barnás’s Az élősködő (The Parasite) is one of the most unusual and unnerving novels I have ever read in … Folytatódik…. →

Staff Pick: Francis Reynolds August 11, 2009 Ferenc Barnás’s The Ninth is a novel of poverty and all the humiliations that come with it. The story’s narrator, the ninth child of a poor Catholic family scraping together an existence in 1960s … Folytatódik…. →

Bookbeat | David Milofsky As some of the best writers turn to small and university presses, so do we By David Milofsky It’s June, traditionally a time when many people take off for the beach or the mountains on summer … Folytatódik…. →

World Books Review: Strange Articulations of Being Human (I am one of the judges for the Best Translated Book Award (fiction division) sponsored by Three Percent. The five finalists will be announced in New York on February 16th. Three Percent … Folytatódik…. →

World Books Podcast: A Child’s View of Communism By Bill Marx July 10, 2009 In his novel, Hungarian writer Ferenc Barnás melds the sophistication of stream-of-consciousness with a child’s eye view of survival amid repression. In this  World Books podcast … Folytatódik…. →

Review by Josh Maday — Published on November 9, 2009 Telling a story from a child’s point of view is one of the most difficult modes of fiction to write successfully. The narrator of Ferenc Barnás’s The Ninth is a nine-year-old … Folytatódik…. →

March 5th, 2010 | Published in Book Review The Ninth (GPU, 2010, 296 hal.) berkisah tentang seorang anak kesembilan dari sebelas bersaudara. Dia berumur sembilan tahun, kira-kira kelas 4 SD. Dia bukan anak bungsu, melainkan punya dua adik, anak ketiga … Folytatódik…. →