Category Archives: Books
The Dice Man
Kincsem surprised me with this book for my name day – we had owned it prior to Pushkin and our transatlantic move, I had also managed to read enough of it to want to read more, but the book somehow … Continue reading
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It’s time to learn the alphabet
We’ve been noticing an increasing interest in not just leafing through books, but also understanding the text. This is a Donald Duck comic book Matthias found in the library – he is extremely intrigued by it. When I mentioned we … Continue reading
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On a mission
Once we entered Írok Boltja (Writers’ Shop) in Budapest, we were immediately impressed by the variety and amount of literature, spanning from contemporary Hungarian literature both in original and translated into several European languages (Eszterházy Péter in particular), history books, … Continue reading
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The return of Einstein
Kincsem surprised me with these two books yesterday (köszönöm szépen!): Einstein’s biography, a copy of which was chewed up by Pushkin before I got past page 50 I think three years ago? The other one is an anthology of stories … Continue reading
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Norwegian Wood
“I once had a girl or should I say she once had me” - there is so much in this Beatles song and Murakami novel that is symbolic to our relationship, that at times I find Murakami writes about us … Continue reading
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The Book Club
Matthias reads books for Izabel – among the most favourite ones is Mr. Splendore’s music book – always a success, once they find it in the children’s book shelf. Both of our children are hopefully becoming literate and literati. … Continue reading
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The Book Club
We stopped shortly at the library to check out some books for Matthias – Izabel hung out in their baby reading area, reading books and making friends… … Continue reading
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