Legacy

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An elderly Jewish man strolls along the Danube Promenade in 2002: a cyclistalmost knocks him down and he is transported back to a similar incident whenthe cyclists were the armband-wearing Arrow-Cross-men, or Hungarian Nazis all as he is just about to participate in an event to mark the memory of a manwho fought them.

Including a tender love story, and endless tales of daring,Legacyis a Holocaust storylike no other richly-praised all over Europe and by one of Hungary's greatestmodern writers.

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"Wide-awake and intellectually brilliant . . . leaps virtuoso-like across time-periods, switches narrative perspective and remains, despite its wealth of ideas, absolutely moving--literature that sweeps you along." --"Judische Zeitung"

Author Bio

Ivan Sandor, the author of 29 books since 1967, is among Hungary's most renowned living writers. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has received Hungary's highest literary honors, including the Sandor Marai Prize and the Kossuth Prize, and has been translated into 12 languages.