Pixel

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SKU: 9780857426093
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By Krisztina Toth and Krisztina Tóth

Summary

Like stars in the sky, pixels may seem like tiny, individual points. But viewed from afar, they form intricate images. Pixel comprises thirty interconnected stories of love, loss, and failed self-determination by Krisztina Tóth. Each tale explores sensuous moments in a person’s life, yet together they reveal complex relationships and the unpredictable threads that shape lives, often in comic or tragic ways.
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Readers interested in literary fiction, poetic storytelling, and contemporary European social issues will find Pixel compelling. Ideal for those who appreciate nuanced narratives exploring human connections and cultural complexities.

Description

Like stars in the sky, pixels may seem like tiny, individual points. But, when viewed from a distance, they can create elaborate images. Each pixel contributes to this array, but no individual point can create the whole.

The thirty stories that comprise Pixel by Krisztina Tóth similarly produce an interconnected web. While each tale of love, loss, and failed self-determination narrates the sensuousness of an individual’s life, together, the thirty stories tell a more complicated tale of relationships. Circumstances that appear unrelated may converge in harmony or in heartbreak, just as the events that loom largest may fail to produce a longed-for outcome.

These threads often determine the course of lives in unpredictable ways—sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, but rarely in the ways we originally anticipated.

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European Literature Network praises Tóth's poetic precision and the masterful translation by Owen Good, highlighting the delicate structure where every word shines. LitHub notes the book’s engagement with contemporary European crises—immigration, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Roma bigotry—and its subtle dismantling of national borders through the interconnectedness of characters.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780857426093

Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 July 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd

Contributors:

Translated by Owen Good

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 14.0mm

Height: 21.0mm

Weight: 369g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Krisztina Toth Krisztina Tóth Non-Fiction

About the Author

Krisztina Tóth is a poet, writer, and translator living in Budapest. She is a noted translator of, among others, literary fiction, children's literature, and song lyrics from French. Owen Good is a translator and teacher at Péter Pázmány Catholic University in Budapest. His work has been published in Modern Poetry in Translation, Ploughshares, and The Poetry Review.