The Essential Guide to Being Hungarian

50 Facts & Facets of Nationhood

By: Istvn Bori

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Paperback | 16 August 2012 | Edition Number 1

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What is it to be Hungarian? What does it feel like? Most Hungarians are convinced that the rest of the world just doesn't get them. They are right. True, much of the world thinks highly of Hungarians--for reasons ranging from their heroism in the 1956 revolution to their genius as mathematicians, physicists, and financiers. But Hungarians do often seem to be living proof of the old joke that Magyars are in fact Martians: they may be situated in the very heart of Europe, but they are equipped with a confounding language, extraterrestrial (albeit endearing) accents, and an unearthly way of thinking.

What most Hungarians learn from life about the Magyar mind is now available, for the first time, in this user-friendly guide to what being Hungarian is all about.

The Essential Guide to Being Hungarian brings together twelve authors well-versed in the quintessential ingredients of being Hungarian--from the stereotypical Magyar man to the stereotypical Magyar woman, foods to folk customs, livestock to literature, film to philosophy, politics to porcelain, and scientists to sports.

In fifty short, highly readable, often witty, sometimes politically incorrect, but always candid articles, the authors demonstrate that being credibly Hungarian--like being French, Polish or Japanese--is largely a matter of carrying around in your head a potpourri of conceptions and preconceptions acquired over the years from your elders, society, school, the streets, and mass media.

Compacting this wealth of knowledge into an irresistible little book, The Essential Guide to Being Hungarian is an indispensable reference that will teach you how to be Hungarian, even if you already are.

Industry Reviews

"A useful and entertaining appetizer for those who are interested in the past and present of Hungary and the Hungarians." Paul Lendvai, author of The Hungarians

"An anthology of well-written, witty, and self-critical pieces, reviving national stereotypes in tasteful, if not always PC humor. . . . Like the entries of an encyclopedia, each chapter initiates the reader into a facet of Hungarian life that is more or less obvious to Hungarians, but probably either unknown to or misunderstood by foreigners." Daniel Danyi, Hungarian Literature Online

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Preface	p. ix
soul	p. 1
fate	p. 4
landscape	p. 8
horse	p. 11
livestock	p. 14
disease	p. 18
world heritage	p. 20
capital city	p. 24
symbol	p. 29
holiday	p. 33
folk customs	p. 37
folk dancing	p. 41
folk costumes	p. 44
folk music	p. 48
language	p. 51
literature	p. 55
contemporary writer	p. 59
poets	p. 62
painters	p. 65
paintings	p. 69
classical music	p. 73
light music	p. 78
operetta	p. 82
composers	p. 85
music-makers	p. 90
theater	p. 93
film directors	p. 96
movie stars	p. 100
photographers	p. 103
inventor	p. 107
philosopher	p. 110
scientists	p. 113
travelers & explorers	p. 117
world of legends	p. 120
kings	p. 124
queen consorts	p. 128
saints	p. 131
19th-century statesmen	p. 134
20th-century rulers	p. 138
porcelain	p. 143
appetizers & desserts	p. 147
food	p. 151
spices	p. 154
drinks	p. 157
entertainment	p. 162
sport	p. 166
woman	p. 169
man	p. 172
businessman	p. 175
athlete	p. 179
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