The Summer My Father Died - Couverture souple

Kiss, Yudit

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846590949 ISBN 13 : 9781846590948

Editeur : Telegram Books, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Kiss Yudit

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Shortlisted for the 2014 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize

"In this remarkable memoir, Yudit Kiss uncovers the paternal history that shaped her own, even while she was unaware of it ... the journey is riveting." --Lisa Appignanesi

'It shook me profoundly - not only the upsetting richness of the relationship between father and daughter, but the internal development of the narrator also had a deep impact on me.' Istvan Szabo

'Few texts have moved me as much as Judit's writing about life during the hell of 1944 in Budapest.'George Lang

'Very beautiful' --Adam Biro

It is at all times interesting and often moving, for this is above all a human story of love of a child for a parent. Flöp Holló was undoubtedly a difficult man at times, but his commitment and faithfulness raised him above the ordinary and I am pleased to have been able to read about him. It is a compliment to Yudit Kiss that sometimes while reading the book I found myself thinking of Magda Szabó s great novel, The Door, in which she writes about her cleaner, Emerence, another difficult Hungarian character. The Summer My Father Died would almost certainly have remained inaccessible to English speakers if it had not been for independent publisher Telegram Books who once again have produced a high quality book of unique value." --acommonreader.org

"Unusually moving ... Remarkably, this insightful memoir, excellently translated by George Szirtes, is Yudit Kiss s first literary venture." --Elaine Feinstein, TLS

"Unusually moving ... Remarkably, this insightful memoir, excellently translated by George Szirtes, is Yudit Kiss s first literary venture." --Elaine Feinstein, TLS

Biographie de l'auteur

Yudit Kiss was born in Budapest in 1956. After having worked in Hungary, Mexico and the UK, she moved to Switzerland in the early 1990s, where she currently lives. A researcher in economic development, she is the author of a number of articles, research papers and academic works. This is her first literary work.

Translator Georges Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948 and is a celebrated poet and translator. His first book, The Slant Door, won the Faber Memorial Prize in 1980. Since then he has published several books and won various other prizes, including the T. S. Eliot Prize for Reel in 2005. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His own work has been translated into numerous languages. His translations include Metropole by Ferec Karinthy (Telegram,2008).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Telegram Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1846590949
• ISBN 13: 9781846590948
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256