Far From Nothing
$23.95
Translated from the Hungarian by Paul Sohar.
You just cannot put it down. Fascinating!” —Present of the West.
“The bravery of the author is, that at the end of his novel, he returns the reader to the beginning of the book, giving him the chance to fathom how many dilemmas he has raised over the pages . . . this book is a must read!” —Nation.
An existentialist story by a Hungarian-Canadian, the perfect celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1956 revolution.
The thirty-five-year-old Rudolf is the manager of a car dealership. His wife Malvin works in a drycleaners. Hoping for a better life, they work day and night. Meanwhile, Rudolf – who is also a student about to graduate in philosophy from the university – keeps up a heart-wrenching relationship with the chic Vanda. There are no limits to their relationship: everything is open. And then there is Nina, who studies logic but is secretly a prostitute, or Mr. Alfred, owner of the car-leasing company, seemingly upright, but secretly an embezzler. All these characters conceal something. But love, money and power turn everyone inside out so radically that Rudolf sometimes believes we only think we exist . . .
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