In the tradition of Aleksandar Hemon's The Question of Bruno and David Bezmozgis's Natasha, a stunning debut collection of short fiction that nails with deadpan irony the dislocations of exile and the disconnects of daily life.
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The 10 first-person stories of Dobozy's debut, remarkable for their psychological and emotional complexity, yearn to make sense of eccentric and opaque behavior, sometimes by engaging in it. The first story, "Into the Ring," centers on a married couple who box each other to release the mutual frustration of their inability to conceive. In the moving and funny "Philip's Killer Hat," the narrator tries to dissuade his off-kilter brother from sending letters to the Thelonious Monk estate that explain the musician's tight-fitting hats "contributed to the madness that overtook" him. Dobozy draws on his Hungarian heritage in several stories. In "Four Uncles," the narrator recounts his harrowing 1958 escape from Hungary and his later reconnection with his uncles through the Canadian-Hungarian exile community. In "The Inert Landscapes of György Ferenc," the son of an exiled Hungarian painter recounts his father's dislike of his adoptive Canada, an "art-resistant" country "that would not be reproduced." Dobozy's prose is an artistic and intellectual boon. (Sept.)
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"Quite good, with a sense of humor that Hemon lacks." -- New York Post, August 13, 2006
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5.0 out of 5 stars
First-rate,
By Barry (Montreal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Last Notes & Other Stories~Tamas Dobozy (Hardcover)
Dobozy is a first-rate writer who deserves more attention for this terrific collection of fresh, sharp, insightful and often funny stories.
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This review is from: Last Notes: And Other Stories (Hardcover)
Some interesting theology in this engaging work: why Jesus was not a Jew (p28); why the best Lenten sacrifice would be to forego Mass (p24). And I now have a better understanding of the phrase 'to eat crow'. The nicest window on mitteleuropa since How I Came to Know Fish. 100% Canadian, Dobozy 'chanels' his ancestral land's troubled past with astonishing conviction
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