Two Prisoners

4172 Two Prisoners, by Lajos Zilahy (read 8 June 2006) This book by a famed (in Hungary) Hungarian novelist was published in English translation first in 1931. It begins in Budapest in 1913, where Miette and Peter meet, fall in love, marry, and World War I breaks out. Peter goes to war, is captured and sent to Siberia. Miette despite her guilty conscience falls in love with another man. The chapters alternate between Miette in Hungary and Peter in Siberia. There is a startling ending. I found the book heavily 'European' reminding me of say, Tolstoy, and conclude it is a vivid and powerful book.

Mormors

La fugacidad de las relaciones humanas en una ciudad casi de ensueño, la lucha entre la carne y el espíritu, la sensibilidad y la contemplación del mundo... Temas universales de una obra que cosechó un gran éxito, que conoció numerosas traducciones y ediciones y que, a día de hoy, resulta prácticamente inencontrable... Una novela clave en la literatura húngara y europea del siglo XX, rescatada del olvido para el disfrute de nuevos lectores.