
One Woman in the War
Hungary 1944-1945
Alaine Polcz(Author)
Central European University Press
Published on 10. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
162 pages
978-963-9241-54-1 (ISBN)
Description
Before the publication of this book, Alaine Polcz was widely recognized as a psychologist ministering to the needs of disturbed and incurably ill children and their families, as the author of numerous articles and several books on thanatology, and as the founder of the hospice movement in Hungary. The autobiographic account of the experiences of a woman, then 19-20, in the closing months of the Second World War. When it was first published, in 1991, the book was a revelation of past horrors in Hungary which, until then, had lingered on in the farthest reaches of the national memory as rumor and suspicion about the violent acts committed against women during a time of chaos, havoc, and savagery. The literary world quickly recognized the merits of this book: It was highly praised by Hungarian reviewers, awarded prizes, and has already been translated into French, Rumanian, Slovenian, and Serbian.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
Academic
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-963-9241-54-1 (9789639241541)
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Persons
Alaine Polcz (1922-2007) was psychologist and the author of several books in her field. She was widely recognized as a psychologist ministering to the needs of disturbed and incurably ill children and their families, as the author of numerous articles and several books on thanatology, and as the founder of the hospice movement in Hungary.
Albert Tezla was Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Albert Tezla was Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Content
Introduction, The Honeymoon, A Refugee's Idyll, The Front, Peace, Epilogue, Notes