The Time of the Uprooted (2007)
“Not Gamaliel, but Péter. Remember this name: Péter Kertész. You’re my little nephew; you’re the youngest son of my big sister, Magda. You must remember that; it’s important. Your life depends on it, and so does mine. Please repeat it after me. Péter, not Gamaliel. Your mother’s named Magda. Magda Kertész. And you’re Péter Kertész.”At first, Péter hadn’t liked Ilonka’s caresses, for fear they might make him forget his mother’s warm and appeasing touch. But in time, he came to accept them. Beside...s, she never insisted; she never pressed herself on him.“Your mama, God save her, has become my best friend,” she told him one evening before leaving for the cabaret. She continued as she prepared his dinner. “What a woman your mama is; she’s all heart. We’ve just recently become friends, but she matters to me. I’ve learned a lot from her. I don’t know what I’d do with my life without her. I’d die of shame. . . . My family lives far away, in the Carpathians.MoreLess
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