Barcode: Fifteen Stories by Krisztina Th (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781914990168)

Th's collection is an excellent and accessible new addition to the growing number of Hungarian texts translated into English. - LA Review of Books

Krisztina Th's first substantial work in prose after four volumes of remarkable verse, consists of fifteen beautifully written and highly sensual short stories. Most are narrated with poetic intensity and intimacy from a young, unnamed female narrator's point of view. Whether about childhood acquaintances, school camps and trips, or love and deceit in love, they are all are set against the backdrop of Hungary's socialist era in its declining years. The stories are carefully strung, like jewels in a necklace, along metaphorical 'lines', as in the title of the collection and the subtitle of the pieces. The losses, disappointments, and tragedies great and small recounted here offer nuanced 'mirrorings' of the female soul and linger long in the memory.

Author: Krisztina Toth
ISBN-10: 1914990161
ISBN-13: 9781914990168
Publisher: Jantar Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/14/2023
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d