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Orphalina
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ISBN10: 099063812X
ISBN13: 9780990638124
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Feb 23 2020
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780990638124
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Feb 23 2020
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Arguably the most gut-wrenching, and simultaneously the most lyrical of Zsigmond Móricz's numerous novels, Orphalina recounts events inspired by the real-life experiences of Erzsébet Litkei (1916-1971), an orphaned girl whom Móricz met in Budapest in 1934. As the tragic fate of Orphalina State, the protagonist in this novel, reveals, Litkei was clearly a touchstone for Móricz in his quest to reveal the deepest layers of suffering in interwar Hungarian society, and to uncover the forces at work in stifling the agency of human beings deserving of access to a good life.
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