ZsöMle Odavan [ZsöMle Is Away] (First Hungarian Edition.) Krasznahorkai, LáSzló Hungarian-Language Books

Krasznahorkai László: Zsömle odavan [Zsömle is away - Novel.] Budapest, Magvetö. 240 p. First edition. Publisher's hardcover, paper dust jacket. - -- - His satirical novel Zsömle odavan (Zsömle is away) was published on January 3, 2024. He has won several prestigious Hungarian and international awards. His latest untranslated novel, Zsömle odavan whose title refers to the disappearance of the affectionately named dog Zsömle, "bread roll". The main character of the author's new novel, 91-year-old Uncle Józsi Kada. The protagonist of the novel is a real person. A real story: József Daka (1919-2016) is a Hungarian electrician and technical lecturer who became famous when he announced his claim to the throne in 2009, claiming that his lineage goes back to the House of Árpád. In 2009, he announced (he was living in Eger at the time) that his family was descended from the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary, Jolánta (Jolanda, Jolán), and the granddaughter of Genghis Mongol Grand Kadan. Apparently, this fact was known to many, so Governor Miklós Horthy had her crowned secretly on 25 June 1944. The protagonist of László Krasznahorkai 's 2024 novel Zsömle odavan (Zsömle is away), called József Kada, who also claims to be the last descendant of the House of Árpád, is based on him, and there are many biographical parallels between the two.