Morgen and Morgen
I had seen fog as it spread from tree to tree in an alder thicket, and as it slowly curled around a hilltop gun placement; I had seen from above, as it lodged in the trough of a valley far below, and as it steamed from north to south on aContinue Reading
Critism | Ice pick
If there was an English name on the cover I would believe with no hesitation that I am reading an excellent American novel in a brilliant translation. (…) I use unclear wording on purpose, so that I will not destroy the punchline which is more exciting, more mysterious and moreContinue Reading
Ice Pick | Chapter 2
Grandpa’s fae was sealed much earlier, probably already back in 1848, in New England. During an explosion a devilishly big iron rod zinged into the noggin of a decent chap named Phineas Gage. It entered through his face and exited through the top of his skull. Translation by Tim WilkinsonContinue Reading
Ice Pick | Chapter 1 | roman
But they said nothing at all, and that was the last straw. They pretended nothing at all had happened. Perhaps they were relieved once my mother had gone, but then can’t have supposed it was a bundle of fun for me as well. After all, she had given birth toContinue Reading
Jacob’s Rod | novel | 2016.
Finding love and adventure in the footsteps of Jack London San Francisco in the 1890s. A young man has had enough of the oppressive world of the family household and a society that off ers little to him, and chooses a life of adventure and experience. Wandering around on landContinue Reading
Photos from the Centauri
You can find information about Centauri, the author of Pátosz a káoszban (Pathos in Chaos) Kék angyal (Blue Angel) and Jégvágó (Ice Pick) on this homepage. Short stories, extracts from novels, essays, reviews, critiques and interviews can be read only in Hungarian for the time being but the English version of the homepage is underContinue Reading
About the Centauri
Centauri, the pen named European writer was born in 1972, first published in 2006, since then has been appearing in significant belletristic periodicals. He publishes extracts from novels, essays and also photos, mainly in periodicals, and on covers of books as well. In 2007 his first short story (Flaubert andContinue Reading
What is Elon Musk doing?
What is Elon Musk doing? Oh, nothing, just riding the bike in his own way We could read also in the Hungarian press – these days – that Elon Musk is selling this and that, he is getting rid of some of his properties, but the good old Musk (theContinue Reading