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The Color of Smoke: An Epic Novel of the Roma
Menyhert Lakatos
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Description for The Color of Smoke: An Epic Novel of the Roma
Paperback. Translator(s): Major, Ann. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 36. Weight in Grams: 480.
Sweeping us into the world of the Roma as fascism gathers force and the Holocaust looms on the horizon, The Color of Smoke is a thoroughly absorbing story that abounds in unforgettable characters. There is the adolescent narrator, torn between his people and a society that both entices him and rejects him. From his rise in school to his first sexual encounters, from hunger to police harassment, he treads a precarious path - one marked by moments of beauty and poignancy along with bawdiness, violence and high adventure.
Sweeping us into the world of the Roma as fascism gathers force and the Holocaust looms on the horizon, The Color of Smoke is a thoroughly absorbing story that abounds in unforgettable characters. There is the adolescent narrator, torn between his people and a society that both entices him and rejects him. From his rise in school to his first sexual encounters, from hunger to police harassment, he treads a precarious path - one marked by moments of beauty and poignancy along with bawdiness, violence and high adventure.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New Europe Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Clinton, United States
ISBN
9780985062347
SKU
V9780985062347
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99-15
About Menyhert Lakatos
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Menyhért Lakatos (1926–2007) was the prizewinning author of many books. His magnum opus, The Color of Smoke⎯inspired by his own youth in a Romani settlement, and first published in Hungarian in 1975⎯has been translated into more than half a dozen languages. ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR Ann Major (1928–) has brought several Hungarian books to English, including Paul ... Read more
Reviews for The Color of Smoke: An Epic Novel of the Roma
“A picaresque tale of the struggles of the Romany (also known as the Gypsies) in Hungary before World War II, appearing for the first time in English . . . A rare, observant . . . snapshot of Romany life.” ⎯Kirkus Reviews
“Gypsy characters . . . appear time and again in literature. However, this is the ... Read more