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Strictly from Hungary

Name: Strictly from Hungary
Brand: WESTHOLME PUB
SKU: 9781594160066
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Autor: Ladislas Farago, John Farago

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Known for his best-selling military histories, Ladislas Farago also wrote a witty tribute to his hom...

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Autor

Ladislas Farago, John Farago

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2004

Pagini

216

EAN

9781594160066

ISBN

1594160066

Enbook ID

12339679

Editura

WESTHOLME PUB

Greutate

249

Dimensiuni

144 x 206 x 14

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Known for his best-selling military histories, Ladislas Farago also wrote a witty tribute to his homeland, Strictly from Hungary. Noting that Hungary has produced some of the world's most renowned artists, scientists, and financiers as well as its share of world-class con-artists, charlatans, and rakes, Farago sets out to explain just how one tiny country can be responsible for so much talent, both good and bad. Using stories from his days as a struggling writer in the bustling cafe scenes of Budapest and New York City, Farago demonstrates the Hungarian knack for remaining irrespressible and optimistic even in the face of catastrophe. Here we meet Zoltan, a fellow Bohemian who presents his astonished benefactor with a play "about nothing," a theme later made famous by another writer of Hungarian descent, Jerry Seinfeld. Farago also introduces us to "Baby Kiss," a vivacious Hungarian beauty queen, and the story of how she ended up in Fort Worth, Texas; Orkeny, a double agent for America at the height of the Cold War who "spiced up" his reports to keep everyone happy, and the author's own experience getting mustered into the supposedly non-existent Royal Hungarian Army. Farago's reminiscence validates what most Hungarians believe: - that Hungary is the center of the world and that everyone has some connection to the land of the Magyars. In that spirit, Farago learns that George Washington himself was "strictly from Hungary." Originally published in 1962, Strictly from Hungary is appearing for the first time in paperback. This edition is introduced by the author's son, who shows that the same vibrant spirit described by his father remains the hallmark of the Hungarian temperament.