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Outside their country, Hungarian directors have had, from the critics at least, a friendly reception.
The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are.
There's prejudice and poverty in Hungary as there is in every country.
Travelling is difficult, and writers tend to want to stay at home and do their work.
Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.
Usually, when you make a decision in life, unless you have access to parallel universes, you can't truly judge how right that decision was.
When I think of Hungarian films, I think of despair and bleakness, and what's more, despair and bleakness of indefensible duration.
As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure people know it's out there... →
Because my name is Hungarian, everyone assumed I knew about Hungary. I didn't. They also assumed that if you knew about Hungary, you also knew... →
I went to a British Council event a while back and there were lots of German professors of literature. About half of them were convinced I had a... →
Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay... →
Most Hungarians know what it was to live in a dictatorship; some are old enough to have known both fascism and communism. No one wants to go back to... →
One of my proudest achievements is that when an authoritative book about Hungarian literature came out about a decade ago, there was a little article... →
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