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Lajoš Zilahi, Hungarian writer, left a deep mark in literature. His book "The Fugitive" from 1977 is one of his best works.
A story about family love, about memory's ability to keep the truth alive, and about the danger of denying memory. At the same time extensive and intimate, comic and tragic, it is a kaleidoscopic, deeply emotional saga about home and the heart.
Mimesis is a drastic portrayal of Montenegro as a country of retarded discourses, and after several published excerpts of the manuscript, it has already initiated public condemnation in the writer's country.
The novel is based on the writer's experiences in Shanghai during World War II and in the Civilian Collection Center in Lunghua, where he was interned from 1942 to 1945. Steven Spielberg made a film of the same name based on the script by Tom Stoppard.
In this novel, the author's enthusiasm for life is boundless and he conveys it in the way that is characteristic of him, by describing pure pleasure in women, wine, food, ambience and atmosphere.
Pavličić's novel deals with the psychological and ethical consequences of human choices in extreme circumstances. It is not just a novel about a man in crisis, but also a study of how a person reacts when they lose their support - in themselves, in others