Ferenc Karinthy
Ferenc Karinthy was a Hungarian author, playwright, and translator. Born on June 2, 1921, in Budapest, Hungary, he was the son of the famous Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy. Ferenc was known for his satirical wit and was a prominent figure in Hungarian literature. He wrote novels, short stories, and plays, and was also recognized for his work as a translator, translating works from French and English into Hungarian. One of his most famous works is the novel 'Metropole' (Epepe), which tells the story of a linguist who accidentally ends up in a city where he can't understand the language. Karinthy passed away on August 29, 1992.
Books
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1. Epepe
The book revolves around a linguist who finds himself inexplicably trapped in a nightmarish city where he cannot understand the language or communicate with the inhabitants. Despite his expertise in languages, the protagonist's skills are rendered useless in this alien environment, leading to a series of Kafkaesque encounters as he desperately tries to make sense of his surroundings and find a way back home. His isolation is compounded by the city's indifferent bureaucracy and the strange, often absurd, customs of its citizens, turning his ordeal into an existential struggle for identity and understanding in the face of an incomprehensible world.
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