The Color Of Smoke

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An Epic Novel of the Roma

By Menyhert Lakatos

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The Color of Smoke immerses readers in the world of the Roma community as fascism rises and the Holocaust threatens. Through the eyes of an adolescent narrator, the story explores the tension between cultural identity and societal rejection, tracing his journey from schooling and first loves to encounters with hunger and police harassment. This vivid narrative blends moments of tenderness, humour, violence, and adventure.
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Ideal for readers interested in historical fiction, cultural identity, and coming-of-age stories set against a turbulent political backdrop.

A timeless tribute to a marginalized people and the riveting tale of one boy's journey to manhood

FUTURE PLANS: Direct mail/email campaign and more targeted outreach (e.g. via social media) to US & Canadian academics and UK/Europe-based scholars and students of the Roma Perhaps a 2nd edition at some point targeting academia, with a VIP foreword and more information on the Roma FROM THE 2014 PUBLICATION: Wide distribution of print ARC's and e-galleys yielded some reviews Online advertising Targeted print advertising May 2014 launch in New York City hosted by the Hungarian Cultural Center/Hungarian consulate--with Romani folk music, and noted writers and scholars discussing the book in the context of the Romani Holocaust and the present-day situation of underclasses the world over.

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Sweeping us into the world of the Roma as fascism gathers force and the Holocaust looms on the horizon, The Color of Smoke is a thoroughly absorbing story that abounds in unforgettable characters.

There is the adolescent narrator, torn between his people and a society that both entices him and rejects him. From his rise in school to his first sexual encounters, from hunger to police harassment, he treads a precarious path—one marked by moments of beauty and poignancy along with bawdiness, violence, and high adventure.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780985062347

Publisher: New Europe Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 September 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: New Europe Books

Contributors:

Translated by Ann Major

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 477g

Pages: 472

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Menyhert Lakatos

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Menyhert Lakatos (19262007) was the prizewinning author of many books. His magnum opus, The Color of Smokeinspired by his own youth in a Romani settlement, and first published in Hungarian in 1975has been translated into more than half a dozen languages.

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Ann Major (1928) has brought several Hungarian books to English, including Paul Lendvai's The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat (Princeton University Press), and also translates from German. The author of a memoir, A Carpet of Jacaranda (Sydney Jewish Museum, 2013), she lives in Lane Cove, Australia.