Leányregény

Author: Alaine Polcz
Binding method: looped, cardboard
Publication: 2020
Publisher: Jelenkor Publishing
Page number: 144
Sometime in the seventies, a young woman goes on vacation to the Black Sea. And although he knows Transylvania, Romania, the location of his childhood well, the trip holds surprises for him. Instead of a dutiful travelogue, Alaine Polcz uses storytelling to highlight those moments that, without any commentary, are able to flash the otherness by themselves, and with the desire to understand, she deepens the story of the beach vacation and recalls the everyday life of the former Eastern European corner: the friend...