Holidays

A short story

By Frigyes Karinthy

The Hungarian - edited - version of the story was extracted from the 'Hungarian Graded Reader', compiled by Ilona Mihalyfy and Eva Eszenyi, under the direction of Augustus A. Koski, published by the Foreign Service Institute, Dept. of State, with support of the Office of Education, DHEW. 1968. After Frigyes Karinthy

Translated by Laszlo G. Fulop reviewed by Jane C. Simon and Marta Nemesi

On the third day, sunset nearing, he stepped >>

Today we have gathered again, to commemorate the 155th anniversary of the 1948 Hungarian Revolution. The 1848 Revolution and War of Independence is Hungary's most celebrated historic event: it left its stamp on all subsequent generations, it has divided and united, is a main source of national pride, but also of doubt and self-laceration.

If we had to summarize in one >>