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Items with the tag:

hungary

Excerpt

Excerpt: In Dreams Together

Leslie Fazekas
April 19, 2021
Cover of A Deadly Act
Fic­tion
A Dead­ly Act
Jonathan Dun­sky
Cover of The Auschwitz Detective
Fic­tion
The Auschwitz Detective
Jonathan Dun­sky
Cover of Recipes From Auschwitz: The Survival Stories of Two Hungarian Jews
Non­fic­tion
Recipes From Auschwitz: The Sur­vival Sto­ries of Two Hun­gar­i­an Jews
Alex Stern­berg
Excerpt

Excerpt: Cor­ner People

Esty G. Hayim, Sarah Fried­man
October 19, 2020
Cover of In the Hour of Fate and Danger
Non­fic­tion
In the Hour of Fate and Danger
Ferenc Andai, Marietta Morry and Lynda Muir (trans.)
Cover of Jewish Cuisine in Hungary: A Cultural History with 83 Authentic Recipes
Cook­book
Jew­ish Cui­sine in Hun­gary: A Cul­tur­al His­to­ry with 83 Authen­tic Recipes
András Koern­er
Cover of Parrots, Pugs, and Pixie Dust: A Book About Fashion Designer Judith Leiber
Chil­dren’s
Par­rots, Pugs, and Pix­ie Dust: A Book About Fash­ion Design­er Judith Leiber
Deborah Blumenthal, Masha D’Yans (illus.)
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Non­fic­tion
Hid­den Recipes: A Holo­caust Memoir
Eva Mor­ei­mi
Cover of Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop
Chil­dren’s
Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop
Tamar Meir (author), Yael Albert (illus.), Noga Applebaum (trans.)
Cover of The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream
Non­fic­tion
The Rest­less Hun­gar­i­an: Mod­ernism, Mad­ness, and The Amer­i­can Dream 
Tom Wei­dlinger
Cover of Memento Park: A Novel
Fic­tion
Memen­to Park: A Novel
Mark Sar­vas
Interview

Talk­ing with Debut Nov­el­ist Kim Sherwood

Tes­ta­ment tells the sto­ry of a young woman whose beloved grand­fa­ther dies, trig­ger­ing her quest to find the truth of his past.

Amy Spun­gen
February 26, 2019
Interview

Inter­view: Jes­si­ca Keener

Jonathan Arlan
March 6, 2018
Cover of The Book of Mordechai and Lazarus: Two Novels (The Hungarian List)
Fic­tion
The Book of Mordechai and Lazarus: Two Nov­els (The Hun­gar­i­an List)
Gábor Schein; Adam Z. Levy and Ottilie Mulzet, trans.
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Hedy’s Jour­ney: The True Sto­ry of a Hun­gar­i­an Girl Flee­ing the Holocaust
Michelle Bisson; El primo Ramón, illus.
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