GOD IS LATE

by Christine Arnothy ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 25, 1956

A novel by the author of a wartime autobiography (I Am Fifteen And I Don't Want To Die 1956) interprets the postwar decay, that is economic as well as spiritual, in Budapest through the lives of the Tasnadys, who, in the fourth year of the new People's Republic, are doubtful of full acceptance by Security. Jano, conductor of an orchestra, angles for commisnar Imre Torzs' approval, persuades his wife, Gaby, to be friendly with the man, and Gaby, reduced by the man and the idea of what he can guarantee, becomes a more than willing partner. In the country, Gaby's sister Anna and her husband Sandor are having their own troubles with encroaching governmental land seizures, with their daughters and with their own marriage. Visiting them, Gaby finds no escape. Janos' is allotted his own theatre and produces his own composition the performance of which rouses the audience to a pre-war demonstration, and marks them for deportation. Gaby's dreams of safety through Torzs collapse when they are taken to live at a farm with no hope of release. The corruption of communist fanaticism and its effect on those of unheroic stature has a depressing atmosphere which is a proper accompaniment to the subject, in a documentary way. If the situation in Hungary continues at white heat, this will have heightened interest.

Pub Date: Feb. 25, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION