Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 2000. [Vol. 6.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 26)

Book reviews - Judit Ágnes Kádár: Zoltán Abádi-Nagy: Világregény— Regényvilág: Amerikai íróinterjúk (The Novel of the World—The World of the Novel: Conversations with American Writers.)

feltárulkozva beszél, mint aki maga is kíváncsi, mit fedezhet még fel magában az egyes kérdésekkel kapcsolatban." [He speaks honestly as someone who is eager to diagnose something previously hidden in himself in the view of the specific questions.

—Trans, mine] (213). Zoltán Abádi-Nagy's masterly undertakings apply an overt critical approach, similar to the openness these novelists present in their approaches to reality, their artistic perceptions as well as the writing process itself. Hungarian readers of American literature are made to read previously unknown pieces as well, or re-read some others in the view of a new perspective, without the exclusion of any less wellinformed readers of American literature. At the same time, a comprehensive insight to the world of these novels is provided for the more sophisticated and/or professional reading public, too. The Novel of the World

—The World of the Novel presents another exemplary display of the critic/journalist's professional merits; in fact this book of interviews formulates an invaluable contribution to the palette of American Studies in Hungary, a significant tribute paid to László Országh's heritage. WORKS CITED Abádi-Nagy, Zoltán. Világregény—Regényvilág: Amerikai íróinterjúk. Debrecen: Kossuth Egyetemi Kiadó, 1997. . Az amerikai minimalista próza. Budapest: Argumentum, 1994. . Mai amerikai regénykalauz 1970-1990. Budapest: Intera, 1995. . Válság és komikum: A hatvanas évek amerikai regénye. Budapest: Magvető, 1982. Kőszeghy Attila. '"NEW-DIRTY-POSTLITERATE-POP-LO-CALK-MART': On American Minimalist Fiction in the 1970s and 1980s." Review essay on Abádi-Nagy, Zoltán: Az amerikai minimalista próza. Eger Journal of American Studies. Vol3. Ed. L. Vadon. Eger: 1996. 183-98. Szili, József. "Abádi-Nagy Zoltán: Az amerikai minimalista próza." HJEAS Vol2.1. Ed. Abádi-Nagy, Zoltán. Debrecen: 1996. 18992. Vonnegut, Kurt. Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s. New York: Putnam, 1991. 216