Memoir of Hungary : : 1944-1948 / / Sándor Márai.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Márai, Sándor,
• MitwirkendeR: Tezla, Albert,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; INTRODUCTION --; PART ONE --; PART TWO --; PART THREE --; NOTES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789633865231; 9783110780550
• DOI: 10.1515/9789633865231
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sándor Márai.

This scathing, at times humorous, and always insightful memoir by exiled Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, provides one of the most poignant and human portraits of life in Hungary between the German occupation in 1944 and the solidification of communist power in 1948. Both a fervent anti-fascist and anti-communist, Márai draws a vivid portrait of the Hungarian peasantry and middle-class during this period, while delivering a telling indictment of the communist system from which he fled. Witty, aphoristic and psychologically clear-sighted, this memoir depicts the tragedy and pathos of a crucial period in the post-war history of a nation which has been 'central' to both the communists and the post-communist history of our times.