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Under the frog

Tibor Fischer's hilarious first novel, Under the Frog, follows the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. In this spirited indictment of totalitarianism, the two improbable heroes, Pataki and Gyrui, travel the length and breadth of Hungary in an epic quest for food, lodging and female companionship.

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  • "Tibor Fischer's hilarious first novel, Under the Frog, follows the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. In this spirited indictment of totalitarianism, the two improbable heroes, Pataki and Gyrui, travel the length and breadth of Hungary in an epic quest for food, lodging and female companionship."@en
  • "Hungarians have an expression for the worst place in the world to be: "under the frog's arse down a coal mine." Under the Frog, Tibor Fischer's brilliant recreation of postwar Eastern Europe, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is the witty and sad account of two young men who survive the chaos of communism as part of a traveling basketball team. Set in Hungary from 1944 to 1956, the story follows the fortunes of the team in pursuit of sex and the avoidance of work."
  • ""La Hongrie des années cinquante. Le communisme est en place. Une gigantesque statue de Staline encombre le ciel de Budapest. Gyuri a vingt ans. Il a choisi le sport (le basket) pour échapper à l'usine, à l'armée et à la carte du parti. Avec son équipe, il sillonne le pays dans un wagon pullman délabré ..."
  • "Tibor Fisher's hilarious first novel follows the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. In this spirited indictment of totalitarianism, the two improbably heroes, Pataki and Gyuri, travel the length and breadth of Hungary in a epic quest for food, lodging, and female companionship."@en

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  • "English fiction"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Advance copies (Publishing)"@en
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Humorous stories"
  • "Uncorrected proofs (Printing)"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Roman anglais"
  • "Basketball stories"@en
  • "Basketball stories"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Authors' autographs (Provenance)"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Sports stories"@en
  • "Sports stories"

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  • "Pod z̆abom"
  • "Sous le cul de la grenouille"
  • "Sotto il culo della rana : in fondo a una miniera di carbone"@it
  • "Under the frog : <a black comedy&gt"
  • "Under the frog"
  • "Under the frog"@en
  • "Under the Frog"
  • "Under the frog a black comedy"@en
  • "Bajo el culo del sapo : una comedia negra"
  • "Bajo el culo del sapo : una comedia negra"@es
  • "Näin ei voi jatkua kauan"@fi
  • "Pod žabí prdelí"
  • "Under the frog : a black comedy"
  • "Under the frog : a black comedy"@en
  • "Stalin oder ich Roman"
  • "Pod żabą"@pl
  • "Under The Frog : A Black Comedy"@en
  • "U tunelu usred mraka : crna kpmedija"
  • "Under the frog : a novel"
  • "Sous le cul de la grenouille : roman"
  • "Sotto il culo della rana in fondo a una miniera di carbone"
  • "A béka segge alatt"@hu
  • "A béka segge alatt"

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