Hungarian Romance

By Agnes Hankiss

Book Overview

Drawing on the old Hungarian sz phistoria or romance tradition, gnes Hankiss both assimilates its 16th century roots and subverts them with this engaging double narrative of His-story -- show trials, rebellions and religious unrest that helped to form the Hungarian national identity -- and Her-story -- searing private conflicts within a family and a marriage that must burst into the public sphere. The domestic struggle of a woman for identity and independence mirrors and finally overwhelms the national story in this great novel artfully combining lyricism with passion, wonderfully translated into English.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930523822
• ISBN13: 9780930523824
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Readers International
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"