Memoir of Hungary

by Sándor Márai

It’s tragic and funny at the same time. Although Márai is an anti-Communist it’s somehow very unbiased – not vitriol, just description

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Memoir of Hungary

by Sándor Márai

Our most recommended books

Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny, translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls

The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History by Manjula Martin

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

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Patriot: A Memoir
by Alexei Navalny, translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel

Question 7
by Richard Flanagan

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
by Cristina Rivera Garza

Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir
by Tessa Hulls

The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History
by Manjula Martin

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
by Safiya Sinclair