CONTENTS

PROLOGUE: The Hustle

PART I: THE SINS OF THE FATHERS

Germany: The Sins of the Fathers
When the Ghosts Have Bodies
Visit to Majdanek
Temple of Unanswered Prayers
On the Hunger of Jewish Writers

PART II: HISTORY ENTERING THE HOUSE

And Their Flags Are Still There
George Konrád: An Appreciation
When History Enters the House
On the Loneliness of Hungarians

PART III: HUNGARIAN SOULS

A Conversation with George Konrád
Here's to the Happy Hungarians!
Magda: A Weinstock Among the Living
Looking for "Árpi Bácsi"
God Bless the Man Who's Got His Own

PART IV: THE ALLURES OF EXILE

A. A.: The Extraterritorial
The Giant Who Goes Part-Way With Me
So Many Borders, So Little Interest
The Allure of Exile
On Feeling Like a Central European

PART V: IN SEARCH OF A CENTRAL EUROPEAN METAPHOR

In Praise of Battered Cities
Boston-to-Budapest Diary: In Praise of Anarchy
In Search of a Central European Metaphor: The Hanger
Waiting for Bread in Hegymagas
Teaching in Hungary: Beating the Beaten System
God Bless You, Mrs. Kovács!

PART VI: BRAVE NEW WORLD

This Private(ized) Life
When Freedom's Just Another Word...
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Election Postscript: The (Un)Wisdom of (In)Security
The Measure of All Things: An Elegy
Reach Out and Touch Everyone
Elegy for the Lángos
Hello to All That
Famous for Sixteen Seconds

PART VI: AMERICA THROUGH NEW EYES

Election Postscript: Proud to Be an American Again
Tale of Two Schools
Primer for Hungarian Journalists
Je Change, Donc Je Suis: Reflections on the American Self
Report from the Home Front
Triumph of the Tawdry: O. J. Simpson and the Unmaking of America
Real Family Values
Sight for Sore Hearts
Homesick at Last
What I Loveth Well, Remains American

EPILOGUE: Lukács Fürdo

AFTERWORD: Notes of a Faithful Son

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