{"product_id":"siege-13-9781571310972","title":"Siege 13","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese stories follow ordinary people caught between the pincers of aggressors, leading to actions at once deplorable, perplexing, and heroic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt around the events of the Soviet Budapest Offensive at the end of World War II and its long shadow, the stories in \u003cem\u003eSiege 13\u003c\/em\u003e are full of wit, irony, and dark humor. In a series of linked stories that alternate between the siege itself and a contemporary community of Hungarian émigrés who find refuge in the West, Dobozy utilizes a touch of deadpan humor and a deep sense of humanity to extoll the horrors and absurdity of ordinary people caught in the crosshairs of brutal conflict and its silent aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObserving the uses and misuses of history, and their effect on individuals and community, Dobozy examines the often blurry line between right and wrong, portraying a world in which one man’s betrayal is another man’s survival, and in which common citizens are caught between the pincers of aggressors, leading to actions at once deplorable, perplexing, and heroic. Dobozy's stories feature characters, \"lost forever in the labyrinth built on the thin border between memories and reality, past and present, words and silence. Like Nabokov, Tamas Dobozy combines the best elements of European and American storytelling, creating a fictional world of his own.\" (David Albahari, author of \u003cem\u003eGotz and Meyer\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlluminating the horror and absurdity of war with wit and subtlety, Tamas Dobozy explores a world in which right and wrong are not easily distinguished, and a gruesome past manifests itself in perplexing, often comical ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eSiege 13\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Alice Munro . . . Isaac Babel . . . Those comparisons may sound daunting, but Dobozy has mastered the technical conventions of his craft . . . This vivid rendering of Hungarian history as a nightmare from which no one quite wants to awake is Dobozy’s finest achievement.” —Garth Risk Hallberg, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The sheer variety of Dobozy’s approaches to telling stories, and his commitment not only to provoke thought but to entertain, constitute a virtuoso performance. \u003cem\u003eSiege 13\u003c\/em\u003e is without question one of my favorite story collections ever.” —Jeff VanderMeer, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A superb collection of short stories that revisits two of the deadliest months in Hungarian history. The book tells the stories of those who hid, those who fought, those who betrayed, those who escaped and those who died, and how the effects of the siege still linger, three-quarters of a century later. . . . \u003cem\u003eSiege 13\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the best books of the year.” —Mark Medley, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e (Canada)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tamas Dobozy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284526379259,"sku":"9781571310972","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781571310972_89d0de84-f705-40f1-84bb-927e75cff98d.jpg?v=1772484909","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/siege-13-9781571310972","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}