Winner of the 2007 National Jewish Book Award in the category
of Biography, Autobiography Memoir
A powerful memoir of war, politics, literature, and family life
by one of Europe''s leading intellectuals.
When George Konrad was a child of eleven, he, his sister, and two
cousins managed to flee to Budapest from the Hungarian countryside
the day before deportations swept through his home town.
Ultimately, they were the only Jewish children of the town to
survive the Holocaust.
A Guest in My Own Country recalls the life of one of Eastern
Europe''s most accomplished modern writers, beginning with his
survival during the final months of the war. Konrad captures the
dangers, the hopes, the betrayals and courageous acts of the period
through a series of carefully chosen episodes that occasionally
border on the surreal as when a dead German soldier begins to
speak, attempting to justify his actions.
The end of the war launches the young man on a remarkable career
in letters and politics. Offering lively descriptions of both his
private and public life in Budapest, New York, and Berlin, Konrad
reflects insightfully on his role in the Hungarian Uprising, the
notion of "internal emigration" – the fate of many writers who,
like Konrad, refused to leave the Eastern Bloc under socialism –
and other complexities of European identity. To read A Guest in My
Own Country is to experience the recent history of East-Central
Europe from the inside.
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