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  Niki: The Story of a Dog (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Tibor Dery, Introduction by George Szirtes, Translated by Edward Hyams

  

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  Short Description for Niki "The Dog adopted the Ancsas in the spring of '48" so the story begins. The Ancsas are a middle-aged couple living on the outskirts of Budapest in a ruinous Hungary that is just beginning to wake up from the nightmare of World War II. The new Communist government promises to set things straight, and Mr. Ancsa, an engineer, is as eager to get to work building the future as he is to forget the past. ...
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  • Publisher: New York Review of Books Classics
  • Published: 10 September 2009
  • Format: Paperback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Historical Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781590173183 ISBN 10: 159017318X
  • Sales rank: 173,568

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• "The Dog adopted the Ancsas in the spring of '48" so the story begins. The Ancsas are a middle-aged couple living on the outskirts of Budapest in a ruinous Hungary that is just beginning to wake up from the nightmare of World War II. The new Communist government promises to set things straight, and Mr. Ancsa, an engineer, is as eager to get to work building the future as he is to forget the past. The last thing he has time for is a little mongrel bitch, pregnant with her first litter. But Niki knows better, and before long she is part of the Ancsa household. The Ancsas even take her along with them when Mr. Ancsa's new job requires a move to an apartment in the city. Then Mr. Ancsa is swept up in a political crackdown--disappearing without a trace. For five years he does not return, five years of absence, silence, fear, and the constant struggle to survive--five years during which Mrs. Ancsa and Niki have only each other. The story of Niki, an ordinary dog, and the Ancsas, a no less ordinary couple, is an extraordinarily touching, utterly unsentimental, parable about caring, kindness, and the endurance of love.