Prague
Jiri Fiedler’s was a life of quiet heroism dedicated to the indispensable task of keeping the past alive.
Read MoreBy Tess Lewis A new novel captures the atmosphere of post-1956 Hungary from a child’s point of view. The Swimmer by Zsuzsa Bank. Translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo. (Harcourt Books) In tales of exile, the stories of those left behind are rarely told. This is hardly surprising because the abandoned, when they…
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