Kafka’s Son by Szilárd Borbély New Year and the history of the

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Both men died close to age forty of tuberculosis

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“[Peretz’s] works stand in brilliantly evocative tribute to a bygone era

a thriving Yiddish theater scene developed and a new

Kafka’s Son by Szilárd Borbély New Year and the history of theTranslated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet A posthumously published Hungarian masterpiece that reflects on fragmented lives. Born in 1963, Szilrd Borbly emerged as one of the most important poets of post communist Europe, exploring the themes of grief, memory, and trauma in his critically acclaimed work. Following the murder of his mother during a burglary in 2000, and the subsequent breakdown and death of his father, Borbly suffered from post