God in the Wagon: Ten Short Stories

by Ferenc Sánta, Albert Tezla (Translator)

A collection of Hungarian writer Ferenc Santa's most famous short stories, including his seminal Sokan Voltunk (Too Many of Us), translated into English.

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Ferenc Sánta was born to a peasant family in the Transylvania region of Hungary.

He dropped out of school early and never received much formal education.

He wrote short stories, novels and screenplays.

Reviews

[bup · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this in Hungary in 1987 when somebody told me he was a good writer to read as a representative of Hungarian writing.

The first story, Too Many of Us, is particularly haunting, and I remember it clearly even though I lost the book maybe 20 years ago.

[Citrom Citrom · Rating 3 out of 5]

No More Dying Then – one of the best short stories ever written

Too Many of Us – good

(The rest is...)

[Citrom Citrom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Öt csillag, mert: „Sokan voltunk”, „Bíró Juli”, „Sárga virág, kék virág”, „Kicsik és nagyok”, „A Müller család halála”, „Halálnak halála”.

(Ezek mellé akármilyen gyenge novellákat pakolunk, akkor sem lehet öt csillagnál kevesebbet adni.)