AQUARIUM
In this novel, everyone is an orphan. The little girl adopted in the late 1940s, her foster parents, her own child, her husband, all her relatives and acquaintances: without exception, everyone considers the lack of love to be the accepted, only livable condition. These people live their difficult lives in a dilapidated, crumbling, vegetable-smelling hallway, […]
PIXEL
Like stars in the sky, pixels may seem like tiny, individual points. But, when viewed from a distance, they can create elaborate images. Each pixel contributes to this array, but no individual point can create the whole. The thirty stories that comprise Krisztina Tóth’s book similarly produce an interconnected web. While each tale of love, […]
BARCODE
First published in Hungary in 2006, Krisztina Tóth’s first substantial work in prose after four volumes of remarkable verse, consists of fifteen beautifully written and highly sensual short stories. Most are narrated with poetic intensity and intimacy from a young, unnamed female narrator’s point of view. Whether about childhood acquaintances, school camps and trips, or […]