It was toward the end of the sixties when a yellow submarine emerged from the murky waters of the Danube at Novi Sad. Before long, a round hatch on its back snapped open and a bearded head appeared. The man scanned the surroundings with binoculars, then instructed the crew in
The November 2013 issue of Hungarian Review carried a stimulating article under the above title by James C. Bennett and Michael Lotus, based on researches of historical anthropology. However its argument has some weaknesses. To begin with, it has a tendency towards monocausality, reducing everything to a single factor (family
We are grateful to George Schöpflin for his thoughtful response to our article: America, England, Europe: Why Do We Differ? But he makes some criticisms that seem to us to be based upon a misunderstanding of our argument. Is it a fair criticism, for instance, to say that the article
English Translations by Tony Brinkley and the Author SUMMER’S LEASE (18) ÖRÖKLÉT-BÉRLET Eternal, örök, season’s ticket, summer’s lease, nyár ajándéka, a scrap of paper with its clouds, their green-blue-browns. Életet hoz, gives life. Lines dance, fan out, wheat- sheaves of fire-works, a crack, an opening inside me. Bundles of numbed sentences are stirring. When I
LORCA, ON A DAWN ROAD Walking the road from Viznar toAlfacar you come to the Well ofTears,as in Moorish times the Fuente Grande was called –it is not far from Granada,but close to the waters of Lethe. To this spotthe firing squad at sunrise took its prisoners.Federico, to no advantage,
Our knowledge of medieval wall painting in Transylvania has expanded significantly over the last two decades. The region, which in the Middle Ages was an integral part of the Kingdom of Hungary (and now is part of Romania), boasts an extremely rich heritage in this field. Mural decorations from the
The peacock has always been an important symbol in many different cultures throughout Asia (from where the bird originates), the Middle East, Northern Africa and Europe. For the ancient Greeks it was the bird of Hera (Juno), whose one-hundred-eyed, blue tail feathers symbolised the vault of heaven with its stars.
ATTILA BALÁZS (Novi Sad/Újvidék, 1955) is a writer, translator and journalist, author of twelve books of prose and founder of the cultural magazine Ex Symposion. He worked as editor for the YU Radio–Television, then moved to Budapest in 1991. For a time he worked as war correspondent, then as political
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