{"product_id":"9780864926814","title":"Under Budapest","description":"\u003cp\u003eAilsa Kay lays out the literary equivalent of a jigsaw puzzle in \u003ci\u003eUnder Budapest\u003c\/i\u003e, bringing into stark relief the triumphs, calamities, and desperation of two North American Hungarian families and those whose lives they've touched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's Agnes and Tibor, mother and son, travelling to Hungary for reasons they keep to themselves, he to recover from a disastrous love affair, she to search for a sister gone missing during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. There's Janos, a self-styled player and petty thug, who schemes to make it rich in post-communist Hungary. And there's Gyula and Zsofi, caught up in a revolution that will change the face of Hungary forever. Their lives are all connected by a conflagration of events: The legacy of wartime violence, past allegiances, long-buried rivalries, and secrets from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough riveting narratives that spring back and forth through time, \u003ci\u003eUnder Budapest\u003c\/i\u003e captures the drama and ravages of the Hungarian Revolution and the eras that followed. A dark ode to memory, Kay's intimate spectacle demonstrates that actions have consequences, that the past cannot be shaken, that all events can carry the possibility of repercussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022320845040,"sku":"9780864926814","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780864926814_p0.jpg?v=1763839871","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780864926814","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}