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|title=An Exclusive Love

|sort=Exclusive Love

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=978-0099552673

|pages=192

|publisher=Vintage Books

|date=February 2012

|video=pHU5Gi8XRHc

|summary=A young woman who seeks to unravel the mysteries of her grandparents' tragic decision; a tale of memory, belonging and devotion. We have a video for you - below - but apologise that his is in German.

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This moving memoir tells of the double suicide of both István (a Hungarian-Jewish form of Stephen) and his wife Vera one Sunday morning in October. The story is told by their granddaughter, Joanna Adorján and tells of her close fondness for them both but in particular with Vera, with whom the author shares many characteristics. The story begins with the systematic persecution of such Hungarian Jews in Budapest under the Nazi occupation and describes their perilous flight to Denmark after the Soviet occupation of Hungary in 1956. It ends with the police reports of the duty officer dated 15.10.91 with the discovery of their bodies in their bungalow in the Charlottenlund, a town of the Capital Region of Denmark. Entry is gained by a local locksmith who charged 297.02 kroner. It is the charm and lyricism with which this tale is related which makes this fateful, haunting and profoundly moving story about identity both sad and memorable.

If this book appeals then you might like to try [[The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal]] and [[House of Exile: War, Love and Literature, from Berlin to Los Angeles by Evelyn Juers]].

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