György Dragomán: White King

Translation: G. Magová, Kalligram 2008

Romania in the year of the Chernobyl tragedy. The secret police of Ceausescu drugs takes the father of little Džátá. This means the end to care-free childhood of the main hero, who, in a pathetic and yet moving way, tries to replace the husband with the mother, hiding his own troubles and bullying he experiences at school. The faith in his father’s return gets weaker every day, but in the end…

Gyorgy Dragomán – Hungarian writer and translator born in Transylvania. The author of the novel White King, which has been translated into 28 languages. The story takes place in Romania.