14 Best classics books like Minuuttinovelleja by István Örkény, Juhani Huotari

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Minuuttinovelleja

By: István Örkény , Juhani Huotari

4.00

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Minuuttinovelleihin on koottu edustava valikoima Istvan Orkenyn tiiviita, moniulotteisia ja hauskoj…

If you liked the classics plot in Minuuttinovelleja by István Örkény, Juhani Huotari , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of A Journey Round My Skull by Oliver Sacks, Frigyes Karinthy, Vernon Duckworth Barker

1. A Journey Round My Skull

By: Oliver Sacks , Frigyes Karinthy , Vernon Duckworth Barker

4.13

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

The distinguished Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy was sitting in a Budapest café, wondering wheth… read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • hungary
  • classics
"Art is a complementary source of truth, for it enlists the help of the imagination to carry mankind beyond a mere observation of facts. Real achievement is possible only when both work in association."

-Oliver Sacks, A Journey Round My Skull

"My head ached. I was thinking of the pain, and wondering how it was possible for physical agony to be so intense. I had never imagined that such a torture could be endured. Yet here was I, both consc…"

-Oliver Sacks, A Journey Round My Skull

Cover of Adventures of Sindbad by George Szirtes, Gyula Krúdy

2. Adventures of Sindbad

By: George Szirtes , Gyula Krúdy

3.71

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In these marvellously written tales, Sindbad, a voyager in the realms of memory and imagination, tr… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • hungary
Cover of Anna Édes by Dezső Kosztolányi, George Szirtes (translator)

3. Anna Édes

By: Dezső Kosztolányi , George Szirtes (translator)

3.87

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

This ​long out-of-print novel by Hungarian writer Kosztolanyi (1885-1936) takes place in Budapest j… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • fiction
  • hungary
"A szem az agyvelő legtávolabbi képződménye, a koponya kiugró bástyafokán maga is egy látó, szabadon hagyott agyvelő, mely a megismerés lázában, valamikor a lét kozmikus forradalmában két lyukat szakí…"

-Dezső Kosztolányi, Anna Édes

"Távollevő ismerőseinket szeretjük megrögzíteni egy ponton, egy határozott helyzetben, akár a halottakat, megállítjuk fölöttük az időt, jámbor öncsalással elhitetjük magunkkal, hogy képzeletünknek az …"

-Dezső Kosztolányi, Anna Édes

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4. The Paul Street Boys

By: Ferenc Molnár , Masimiliano Longo

4.17

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The war between two groups of Hungarian boys living in Budapest. One with Hungarian national colour… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • fiction
  • hungary
"Csónakosi taskus leidus kõike. Pole sellist turgugi, kus oleks nii palju kõige mitmekesisemaid asju kui Csónakosi taskus. Seal oli sulenuga, nööri, kuule, vasest ukselink, naelu, võti, riiet, märkmik…"

-Ferenc Molnár, The Paul Street Boys

"Ama ben kahraman değilim. Buraya gelmemin ne kadar önemli olduğunu bilmiyordum. Ben sadece diğer arkadaşlar gibi savaşmaya geldim. Onlar gibi, aynen arkadaşlarım gibi... Sonra birden önünde Feri Áts’…"

-Ferenc Molnár, The Paul Street Boys

"Was it good? Nemecsek fixed his blue eyes on Gereb and replied: Yes, and quietly added: Much better than to be standing on the bank, laughing at me. I'd rather stay in the water neck-deep until New Y…"

-Ferenc Molnár, The Paul Street Boys

Cover of Les Confessions d'un bourgeois by Sándor Márai, Georges Kassaï, Zéno Bianu

5. Les Confessions d'un bourgeois

By: Sándor Márai , Georges Kassaï , Zéno Bianu

4.23

Format: 510 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Avec cette grande "histoire de famille" inspiree par la vie des siens, l'ecrivain hongrois Sandor M… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • fiction
  • hungary
Cover of Iskola a határon by None, Marjanca Mihelič

6. Iskola a határon

By: None , Marjanca Mihelič

3.80

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Az iro uj regenye egyreszt szabalyos diakregeny, mulattato, neha tragikumba fordulo diakcsinyekkel,… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • fiction
  • hungary
Cover of Dul by Jean-Louis Fournier, Can Belge

7. Dul

By: Jean-Louis Fournier , Can Belge

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

"Artik dulum. 12 Kasim gunu Sylvie oldu. Cok uzucu. Bu sene indirimli satislara birlikte gidemeyece… read more

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  • literature
Cover of Quarantine In The Grand Hotel by Jenő Rejtő

8. Quarantine In The Grand Hotel

By: Jenő Rejtő

3.74

Format: 296 pages,

Quarantine in the Grand Hotelcenters around a mysterious murder in a hotel on the island of Little … read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics
  • humor
  • fiction
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9. Journey by Moonlight

By: Len Rix , Antal Szerb

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

A major classic of 1930s literature, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight (Utas es Holdvilag)is the f… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • fiction
  • hungary
Cover of Egyperces novellák by István Örkény, None

10. Egyperces novellák

By: István Örkény , None

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

"A mellekelt novellak rovidseguk ellenere is teljes erteku irasok. Elonyuk, hogy az ember idot spor… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • humor
  • hungarian literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • hungary
Cover of Tüskevár by István Fekete

11. Tüskevár

By: István Fekete

3.16

Format: 315 pages,

Egy vakacio tortenete elvenedik meg a regeny lapjain, megpedig egy olyan vakacioe, amilyenrol minde… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • fiction
  • hungary

12. Mario and the Magician

By: Thomas Mann

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Mario and the Magician is one of Mann's most political stories. Mann openly criticizes fascism, a c… read more

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13. The White King

By: György Dragomán

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Sandor Marai prize, and in the tradition of 'A Curious Incident' and 'Boy in the Stri… read more

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14. Kezdet (A Szent Johanna Gimi, #1)

By: Laura Leiner

2.82

Format: 3 pages, Paperback

Uj magyar ifjusagi konyvsorozat nyolc kotetben a nagyon tehetseges fiatal szerzo tollabol! Ha elkez… read more

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15. The Tragedy of Man

By: Imre Madách

4.32

Format: 224 pages,

A literary work by the Hungarian author Imre Madach, first published in 1861. A play composed in ve… read more

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16. Fatelessness

By: Imre Kertész , Tim Wilkinson

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

At the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and without a… read more

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17. The Encyclopedia of the Dead

By: Michael Henry Heim , Danilo Kiš

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

In these stories Kis depicts human relationships, encounters, landscapes - the multitude of details… read more

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18. The Man with the Golden Touch

By: Mór Jókai

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

Mor Jokai (1825-1904) was the first Hungarian novelist to achieve world fame. "The Man with the Gol… read more

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19. L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

By: Ágota Kristóf

4.11

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du fr… read more

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  • literature
  • hungary
  • hungarian literature
  • short stories
"You become a writer by writing with patience and obstinacy, without ever losing faith in what you write."

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

"في الغالب أكتفي بالكتابة في ذهني . ذلك اسهل . داخل الراس تجري الامور كلها بيسر . لكن ما ان نشرع في الكتابة حتى تتغير الأفكار .تتشوه.تصير خاطئة"

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

20. Eclipse of the Crescent Moon

By: Géza Gárdonyi , None

4.21

Format: None pages,

Geza Gardonyi set his Hungarian children's classic in the 16th century during the 150-year Ottoman … read more

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21. Medaliony

By: Zofia Nałkowska

3.96

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

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22. Arkada Yaylılar Çalıyor

By: Melikşah Altuntaş

3.35

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

“Arkamda yaylılar çalıyor. Biri bir filmde ya da dizide gururla yürüdüğünde çaldığı gibi. Hep hüzün… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof by Ágota Kristóf

23. Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

By: Ágota Kristóf

3.65

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Una mujer le explica al doctor que su marido se ha partido el cráneo con un hacha al caerse de la c… read more

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  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • hungary
"È lì, accanto al letto , sul tappeto. Ha una scure piantata nella testa. Vuole visitarlo? Sì, lo visiti pure. Un incidente davvero stupido, non trova? È caduto dal letto nel sonno, ed è caduto su que…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"– Allora a domani, Lucien, – dice. E prima di riattaccare aggiunge: – Trovo tutto ciò appassionante. Appassionante! C’è gente che usa certe parole con grande facilità. Io non potrei mai parlare così.…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"Chiudete bene la porta. Io arrivo senza rumore, con le mani guantate di nero. Non sono il tipo brutale. E neppure vorace e stupido. Sulle mie tempie e sui polsi potreste ammirare il disegno delicato …"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"A quei tempi consumavo un'enorme quantità di gesso, per via di una carenza di calcio. La cosa mi causava un po' di febbre, ma non ne ho mai approfittato per trascurare la scuola, poiché – come dico s…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

Cover of The Fawn by Magda Szabó

24. The Fawn

By: Magda Szabó

4.18

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Eszter Encsy, a now accomplished actress, finds herself thinking about her impoverished and frustra… read more

Similar categories in Magda Szabó's The Fawn book and István Örkény's Minuuttinovelleja

  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • fiction
  • hungary
Cover of Anatomia della solitudine by Thomas Wolfe

25. Anatomia della solitudine

By: Thomas Wolfe

3.27

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Nell’era dell’iper-comunicazione, delle informazioni, delle pubbliche relazioni e dei social networ… read more

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26. Abigail

By: Magda Szabó

4.33

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of … read more

Similar categories in Magda Szabó's Abigail book and István Örkény's Minuuttinovelleja

  • hungarian literature
  • hungary
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Szent Péter esernyője by Kálmán Mikszáth

27. Szent Péter esernyője

By: Kálmán Mikszáth

3.62

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

„Olyan ez a mese, mint egy dúsan, sok színnel virító virág – írta Schöpflin Aladár. – Mikszáth, a s… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • hungarian literature
  • fiction
  • hungary
Cover of Tanár úr kérem by Frigyes Karinthy

28. Tanár úr kérem

By: Frigyes Karinthy

4.04

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Some of Karinthy's notebooks were found after his death. In these he jotted down his first ideas, w… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • humor
  • hungarian literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • hungary
"Humor is the whole truth."

-Frigyes Karinthy, Tanár úr kérem

"Well, then. Hungary borders, in the south, on the Danube and Serbia... and the Rumanian... Dalmatian... and Serbia... and the capital of Serbia.., and the Serbia of capital..."

-Frigyes Karinthy, Tanár úr kérem

"You cannot imagine, to give you another example, that you may have, one day, a prime minister (it would go against my modesty to breathe his name) who, one day, after announcing in Parliament, in a c…"

-Frigyes Karinthy, Tanár úr kérem

Cover of Örökölt sors by Noémi Orvos-Tóth

29. Örökölt sors

By: Noémi Orvos-Tóth

4.30

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Amikor elkezdjük kutatni elakadásaink, szorongásaink, elhibázott párkapcsolataink, ismétlődő kudarc… read more

Similar categories in Noémi Orvos-Tóth's Örökölt sors book and István Örkény's Minuuttinovelleja

  • hungarian literature
Cover of Zápisky z garsonky by Pavel  Novotný

30. Zápisky z garsonky

By: Pavel Novotný

4.20

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Poetický cyklus Zápisky z garsonky je neskrývaně autobiografický – garsonka, kterou obývá malý chla… read more

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31. Pedig olyan szépen éltek

By: Éva Szentesi

4.05

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nyilánszki Mari hétéves. Egy Tisza-menti kisvárosban él, fullasztó, szeretet nélküli közegben. Kopo… read more

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  • hungarian literature

15 must-read fiction books like Minuuttinovelleja by István Örkény, Juhani Huotari

Transform Your Habits

Adventures of Sindbad

George Szirtes , Gyula Krúdy

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Anna Édes

Dezső Kosztolányi , George Szirtes (translator)

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Paul Street Boys

Ferenc Molnár , Masimiliano Longo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Les Confessions d'un bourgeois

Sándor Márai , Georges Kassaï , Zéno Bianu

4.23

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Transform Your Habits

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Asla Kimseyi Öldürmedi Benim Babam

Jean-Louis Fournier , Zafer Demez

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Arkada Yaylılar Çalıyor

Melikşah Altuntaş

3.35

Transform Your Habits

Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

Ágota Kristóf

3.65

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