Arday Géza - Magamhoz rendeződtem

Not only our past family histories, but also our recent past is full of unfinished stories and unanswered questions, some of which are passed on to us epigenetically. The book also shows that life is dangerous - and the less it is, the less life it is. In recent times, I have written several monographs in the shoes of others, but in this volume I mainly organize the stories related to me: the way I experienced them. I recorded some of my personal memories, and they became quite personal in tone. Perhaps this little book is too revealing, but I hope I haven't become a show-off. Condensed into episodes, a rather stormy century comes to life in it. People who have been dead for a long time come back to life for the sake of a story or an anecdote. On the other hand, there are not and cannot be final answers to the fundamentally important questions, only attempts to find them.

GÉZA ARDAY (Bp., 1973) József Attila prize-winning literary historian and writer. After graduating from the Reformed University, he worked as a literature teacher from 2000, then for a decade in the public administration, in several ministries. His most recent works: There is a lot of reality here (2019); Who sees everything differently (2018); Compass in emigration - Career profile of László Cs. Szabó (2018); Horizon Rescue (2015); Childless writers during the dictatorship (2013). He is currently a creative scholarship recipient of the Research Institute of Art Theory and Methodology of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, and a member of the Hungarian Writers' Association.