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Béla Zombory-Moldován: The Burning of the World: A Memoir of 1914

August 6, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Béla Zombory-Moldován’s The Burning of the World: A Memoir of 1914, translated from the Hungarian by the author’s grandson Peter Zombory-Moldován, and just out from NYRB Classics. This is the first time this exceptional memoir has been available in any language. Read the full post.

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