International Writers Amongst Visitors at PesText Festival
Writers from around the world, including French, English, Italian and Nordic authors, are set to visit the fifth PesText Festival held in Budapest.
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Writers from around the world, including French, English, Italian and Nordic authors, are set to visit the fifth PesText Festival held in Budapest.
The 2023 edition of our international literary and cultural festival will also bring you exciting theatrical and artistic events, like the grandiose exhibition of French book illustrations.
Like all avid readers, I’m happy wandering around any bookshop in the world, even if I can’t read the language in which the books are written. But when I visit my local bookshop, I’m increasingly frustrated by not being able to read Hungarian while knowing there’s probably literary gold between them thar covers. If I do find an interesting-looking Hungarian book translated into English, my problem is that I have no idea how well it captures the essence.