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This review needs some context. Péter Esterházy was born in 1950 in Budapest to one of the most notable noble families of former Austro-Hungarian monarchy. This novel is divided in two parts: the first one is a collection of sentences about Esterházy men since the formal foundation of the family around the end of the 16th century, while the second part has a structure more similar to that of a novel and tells the story of Péter himself, his father and his grandfather. I chose this book because I
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Pierwsza część to jakiś totalny chaos. Ciągłe przeskoki między epokami. Nie wiadomo, kim są ojczulek, mateczka czy matka i jaka jest ich stosunek do autora. Raz anegdota jest z okolic XVI w., a zaraz potem następuje anegdota z lat II Wojny Światowej lub lat zaraz po niej.
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