About this title: The only country in the world with a line in its national anthem as desperate as "this people has already suffered for its past "and" its future," Hungary is a nation defined by poverty, despair, and conflict. Its history, of course, took an even darker and more tragic turn during the Holocaust. But the story of the Jews in Hungary is also one of survival, heroism, and even humor--and that is the one acclaimed author Adam Biro sets out to recover in "One Must Also Be Hungarian," an inspiring and altogether poignant look back at the lives of his family members over the past two hundred years. ...
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Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago, Chicago
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780226052120ISBN:0226052125
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xvii, 168 pp., illus., ports.; 21 cm. Translated from the French. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with a slight corner crease/front flap, protected in a mylar book cover. "The only country in the world with a line in its national anthem as desperate as 'this people has already suffered for its past and its future, ' Hungary is a nation defined by poverty, despair, and conflict. Its history, of course, took an even darker and more tragic turn ... read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226052120ISBN:0226052125
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