TY - BOOK AU - Márai,Sándor AU - Tezla,Albert TI - Memoir of Hungary: 1944-1948 SN - 9789633865231 PY - 2022///] CY - Budapest, New York : PB - Central European University Press, KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; INTRODUCTION --; PART ONE --; PART TWO --; PART THREE --; NOTES; restricted access N2 - This scathing, at times humorous, and always insightful memoir by exiled Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, provides one of the most poignant and human portraits of life in Hungary between the German occupation in 1944 and the solidification of communist power in 1948. Both a fervent anti-fascist and anti-communist, Márai draws a vivid portrait of the Hungarian peasantry and middle-class during this period, while delivering a telling indictment of the communist system from which he fled. Witty, aphoristic and psychologically clear-sighted, this memoir depicts the tragedy and pathos of a crucial period in the post-war history of a nation which has been 'central' to both the communists and the post-communist history of our times UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633865231 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789633865231 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789633865231/original ER -