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Review: Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy

translated by George Szirtes original publication (in Hungarian): 1970 this edition (in English): Telegram, 2010 236 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Ferenc Karinthy’s Metropole will make you a nervous wreck—that is, if the thought of being trapped in a strange city and unable to communicate with anyone

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SFT on the Man Booker International Prize Longlist

Two works of SFT have been included in the Man Booker International Prize 2018 longlist:   László Krasznahorkai (Hungary), John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet & George Szirtes, The World Goes On (Tuskar Rock Press)           Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq), Jonathan Wright, Frankenstein in Baghdad (Oneworld)            

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