Description
The Devil's Horseshoe and Other Stories by Ervin Lázár / English edition of Csillagmajor / Corvina 2015 / Translated by Judith Sollosy / Paperback
Paperback 2015
ISBN: 9789631362947 / 978-9631362947
ISBN-10: 9631362949
PAGES: 117
PUBLISHER: Corvina
LANGUAGE: English / Angol
English Description:
The Devil's Horseshoe and Other Stories is based on the author's experiences as a child growing up in a remote Hungarian village where the people were poor in goods, but rich in tales. Through the telling of fifteen tales, it brings to life the wondrous world of the countryside as people experienced it, which throbs to a different rhythm than the world of city folk. From a naked angel boy who sneaks into a kitchen to pilfer kitchen utensils at night ("The Sneak Theif"), through a village blacksmith who shoes the Devil's horse ("The Devil's Horseshoe"), and the tale of a party functionary who comes to portion out the land among the peasants but dazed by his power over them leaves with a promise to ressurect the dead ("The China Doll"), each story takes on the quality of a hallucinatory exploration into that part of the soul where beauty, hope, and yearning live in close proximity, and where miracles are a way of life.
The lively story-telling, the sparse yet evocative beauty of the language, the persistent yet nonobtrusive narrative presence, make "The Devil's Horseshoe and Other Stories" a memorable and highly employable example of a very special brand of folk surrealism, the Central European counterpart of the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but most especially, Isabel Allende.
About the Author
Ervin Lázár (May 5, 1936 – December 22, 2006) was a Hungarian author. Although he wrote a novel (Fehér tigris (White Tiger), 1971) and a number of short stories, he is best known for his tales and stories for children.
Hungarian Description
Lázár Ervin ebben a kötetében a valaha volt pusztát, gyerekkorának Édenkertjét, "Rácpácegrest" és embereit énekli meg. Ez az isten háta mögötti emberi világ volt az ő írói képzeletének a nevelője, s kincses emlékeiből táplálkozik ma is; ez ugyanolyan gazdag és kimeríthetetlen terepe a létezésnek, mint a nagyvárosok nyüzsgő élete, s az ember, szívének reményeivel és sorsának nyomorúságával, ebben a valóságot írói látomásokkal és költészettel, csodás elemekkel át- meg átszőtt "Csillagmajorban" ugyanúgy megmutatkozik, mint a világnak bármelyik más színterén. A korábban megjelent kötet most válik teljessé, két új elbeszéléssel, illetve függelékben a szülőföldhöz kötődő tizenöt publicisztikai írással bővül.
