Szilárd Borbély Book order
November 1, 1963 – February 19, 2014
Szilárd Borbély emerged as one of the most significant Hungarian poets following 1989, exploring diverse genres like essays, drama, and short fiction. His work consistently grappled with profound themes of trauma, memory, and loss, showcasing a distinctive voice. Borbély's writing is characterized by its intellectual rigor and raw emotional honesty, making his explorations of the human condition deeply resonant. He leaves behind a powerful legacy of literary artistry that continues to engage readers with its unflinching gaze.
- 2024
- 2019
Final Matters
- 200 pages
- 7 hours of reading
"...acclaimed translator Ottilie Mulzet reveals the full range and force of Borbély's verse by bringing together generous selections from his last two books, Final Matters and To the body...Borbély weaves into his work an unlikely mix of Hungarian folk songs, Christian and Jewish hymns, classical myths, police reports, and unsettling accounts of abortions..."--back cover.
- 2016
The Dispossessed
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
"A hypnotic, hauntingly beautiful first novel from Szilárd Borbély, one of the most important authors of contemporary Hungarian literature, that depicts the world of unimaginable poverty, deprivation, and cruelty experienced by a partly-Jewish family in a rural Hungarian village in the late 1960's and early 1970's"--
- 2008
Berlin-Hamlet, publikovaný poprvé v roce 2003, je šestou sbírkou Szilárda Borbélyho, básníka považovaného maďarskou literární scénou za jednu z vedoucích osobností první generace autorů, která se objevila po pádu komunismu. Borbély je vysoce ceněným kritikem, profesorem maďarské barokní a klasicistní literatury Debrecínské univerzity a autorem, jenž vytváří působivou poetiku a co víc, zastává jednoznačný estetický a morální postoj, který mu zajišťuje místo mezi předními intelektuály formovanými zkušeností střední Evropy. V angličtině.
