Articles by Initial Letters

Tasnádi István: „I came of age in Szék, which is where I have lived since I was born in 1966. I am witness to a disappearing world. With my writings I don’t strive for the laurels of literature –with words I just try to preserve that which the photographer does through his pictures, the musicologist with his tape recorder, and most people simply hold in their soul. The past not only has a picture and sound, but also a taste, smell and spirit too - and for that,words are the best tool; using simple, pure, cinderless speech.” Stories From The Blue House – life in the Transylvanian village of Szék /Sic – Here are five short pieces that bring the reader straight into Tasnádi’s life in Szék. The final one begins "…I think every town has it’s own special people. Those that cannot be measured in every day terms. If they are weak enough, they are called crazy, or wretched; if they are a little better off, they may be just’ interesting’…There won’t ever be a statue of our Tapsi Miklós …but he was completely innocent and guileless, …how many of us can that be said about?” Széki Soós János’ column.