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A review by aliilman
Prague by Arthur Phillips
3.0
I’ve read books that are more enjoyable than this, though I’ve also read books that are less enjoyable than this.
It doesn’t have a ‘set’ plot, but it was a decent read. The book’s split into four parts. I like the latter three parts more than the first. The first part was a bit of a drag. There are fictional historical elements embedded in the story. The second part in particular focuses on the origin of the fictional Horváth Press, a publishing house run by an Imre Horváth.
Set in 1990, a year after the fall of communism in Hungary. A group of young Americans spending their 20s with a close circle of people, exploring more about life themselves and hearing stories by local people in Hungary. And there is one Károly Gabor, a Canadian of Hungarian descent, who has returned to his parents’ home country as an investor.
It doesn’t have a ‘set’ plot, but it was a decent read. The book’s split into four parts. I like the latter three parts more than the first. The first part was a bit of a drag. There are fictional historical elements embedded in the story. The second part in particular focuses on the origin of the fictional Horváth Press, a publishing house run by an Imre Horváth.
Set in 1990, a year after the fall of communism in Hungary. A group of young Americans spending their 20s with a close circle of people, exploring more about life themselves and hearing stories by local people in Hungary. And there is one Károly Gabor, a Canadian of Hungarian descent, who has returned to his parents’ home country as an investor.