Ballpoint: A Tale of Genius and Grit, Perilous Times, and the Invention that Changed the Way We Write - Couverture souple

Moldova, Gyoergy

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ISBN 10 : 0982578113 ISBN 13 : 9780982578117

Editeur : New Europe Books, 2012

Synopsis

The triumphs and the trials of the men who invented the modern ballpoint pen as they battled corporate greed, dark eras--and each other.

László Bíró's last name is, in much of the world, a synonym for his revolutionary writing tool. But few people know that Bíró began his career in interwar Budapest as a journalist frustrated with spotty ink; that he escaped fascism by fleeing to Paris and, finally, to Buenos Aires; that a fellow Hungarian, Andor Goy, also played a vital role in the pen's development--and that, in a tragic twist of shared fate, business pressures and politics ultimately deprived both men of their rights to the ballpoint pen. Taking us from Hitler's Europe in 1938, to Argentina, where Bíró settled, and to Communist-era Hungary, where Goy lived out his life, Ballpoint is a painstakingly researched, absorbing narrative that reads simultaneously like a work of history and a novel.

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À propos de l'auteur

György Moldova is one of Hungary's most successful—and prolific—writers, and he is respected in particular for his achievements on the nonfiction front. He has earned the Kossuth Prize, Hungary's most prestigious literary honor, and his work has been translated into many languages, including English, German, Russian, and Chinese. He is the only Hungarian author to have achieved sales of 600,000 copies, and he continues to fare well in the country's bestseller lists to this day. Born in 1934, he lives in Budapest with his family. The author lives in Budapest.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Europe Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0982578113
• ISBN 13: 9780982578117
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible